What stops healthcare workers volunteering to fight Ebola in west Africa?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Solomon, Tom ^a   Turtle, Lance ^a   McGill, Fiona ^a   Matata, Claire ^a   Christley, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LETTER; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WEST AFRICA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84908192116     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6443     Document Type: Letter

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