Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers and strategies to mitigate them
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus starting from December 2019 and reaching pandemic proportions has raised concerns as to the ability of current protective measures and the health-care system to handle such a threat. Health-care workers may experience considerable psychological distress as a resul...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | The outbreak of a novel coronavirus starting from December 2019 and reaching pandemic proportions has raised concerns as to the ability of current protective measures and the health-care system to handle such a threat. Health-care workers may experience considerable psychological distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic due to providing direct patient care, vicarious trauma, quarantine, or self-isolation. |
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| Item Description: | 2395-2113 10.4103/IJCFM.IJCFM_57_20 |