Godzilla in the corridor: The Ontario SARS crisis in historical perspective

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-137

  Rankin, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care policy; History of nursing; SARS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YELLOW FEVER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 33746681385     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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