Healthcare workers' attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study
@article{Ives2009HealthcareWA, title={Healthcare workers' attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study}, author={J. Ives and S. Greenfield and J. Parry and H. Draper and C. Gratus and J. Petts and T. Sorell and S. Wilson}, journal={BMC Public Health}, year={2009}, volume={9}, pages={56 - 56} }
BackgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) will play a key role in any response to pandemic influenza, and the UK healthcare system's ability to cope during an influenza pandemic will depend, to a large extent, on the number of HCWs who are able and willing to work through the crisis. UK emergency planning will be improved if planners have a better understanding of the reasons UK HCWs may have for their absenteeism, and what might motivate them to work during an influenza pandemic.This paper reports… Expand
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