Ebola and healthcare worker stigma

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 99-104

  Wester, Misse ^a   Giesecke, Johan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

healthcare worker; infectious disease; Outbreak; risk assessment; stigma; transmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN; TRUST;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL MISSIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTYPING; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 85042070900     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494817753450     Document Type: Article

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