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SARS psychologically impacts nurses in a Taiwan general hospital
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 20th, 2005
"The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 resulted in 346 probable SARS cases and 37 deaths in Taiwan. This descriptive study, which was conducted from May to June 2003, intended to identify staff stress and coping strategies among a SARS team of nursing staff during the outbreak," reported investigators.
"Twenty-six female nurses of the SARS team completed a questionnaire about their experiences serving in the SARS team," scientists writing in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry report.
According to S.H. Lee and colleagues at...
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