A survey of UK healthcare workers' attitudes on volunteering to help with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMPLOYER; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WEST AFRICA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924347538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120013     Document Type: Review

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