Nurses as scapegoats in Ebola virus disease response

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 663-665

  Menzel, Nancy Nivison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; NURSE; SEXISM; TRANSMISSION;

HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; NURSES; SCAPEGOATING; SEXISM;

EID: 84923108502     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.11.009     Document Type: Editorial

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