The psychosocial effects of being quarantined following exposure to SARS: A qualitative study of Toronto health care workers

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 403-407

  Robertson, Emma ^a   Hershenfield, Karen ^b   Grace, Sherry Lynn ^a   Stewart, Donna Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Psychosocial; Qualitative; SARS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

EID: 3042856952     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404900612     Document Type: Article

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