Having and fighting ebola-public health lessons from a clinician turned patient

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1089-1091

  Spencer, Craig ^a,b  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEAR; GUINEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MENTAL STRESS; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEAKNESS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NEW YORK CITY; POLITICS; QUARANTINE; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 84925068540     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1501355     Document Type: Article

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