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Healthcare workers baulk at caring for contagious patients

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Chris Bateman

Abstract


Globally, healthcare workers are reluctant to care for highly infectious patients, with over half surveyed in the USA saying it was acceptable not to pitch up for work during an outbreak of (for example) avian flu, World Health Organization  surveys show.


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Chris Bateman, Health and Medical Publishing Group, South Africa

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Healthcare workers; Contagious patients

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South African Medical Journal 2015;105(6):431-432. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.9749

Article History

Date submitted: 2015-09-18
Date published: 2015-09-18

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