“It feels like I'm the dirtiest person in the world.”: Exploring the experiences of healthcare providers who survived MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 187-191

  Almutairi, Adel F ^a   Adlan, Abdallah A ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b   Abbas, Oraynab A ^a   Clark, Alexander M ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Infection; MERS; Outbreak; Qualitative research; Saudi Arabia; Survivor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DENIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEGLECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREJUDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVIVOR; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85021451394     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.06.011     Document Type: Article

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