Stress, coping and lessons learned from the SARS outbreak

Hosp Q. 2003;6(4):49-50, 4. doi: 10.12927/hcq..16480.

Abstract

Talking about stress implies that we are talking about two things: an event and a response to that event. The 2003 SARS outbreak was an extraordinary event in the life of Ontario hospitals, especially around Toronto, and in the lives of the healthcare workers.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Hospital Communication Systems
  • Humans
  • Infection Control
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
  • Ontario / epidemiology
  • Personnel Administration, Hospital / standards*
  • Personnel, Hospital / education
  • Personnel, Hospital / psychology*
  • Quarantine
  • Risk
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome* / psychology
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome* / therapy
  • Stress, Psychological*
  • Workplace / psychology*