Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impact on professionalism: Qualitative study of physicians' behaviour during an emerging healthcare crisis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7457, 2004, Pages 83-85

  Straus, Sharon E ^a   Wilson, Kumanan ^a   Rambaldini, Gloria ^a   Rath, Darlyne ^a   Lin, Yulia ^b   Gold, Wayne L ^a   Kapral, Moira K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 3142583435     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38127.444838.63     Document Type: Article

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