Pre-pandemic planning survey of healthcare workers at a tertiary care children's hospital: Ethical and workforce issues

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 213-222

  Cowden, Jessica ^a,b   Crane, Lori ^c   Lezotte, Dennis ^c   Glover, Jacqueline ^a,c   Nyquist, Ann Christine ^a,c  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker's attitudes; Influenza; Pandemic planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESPONSIBILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORADO; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954479677     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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