Mental Health Outcomes Among Frontline Care Providers Treating COVID-19
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers have been subject to significant duress. They have been called upon to work very long hours without adequate protective equipment, risking infection for themselves and their families. Medical supplies for treating ever-growing numbers of sometimes critically ill patients have likewise been in short supply. Evidence of care provider distress in earlier disease outbreaks, such as SARS in 2003, suggests that those on the front lines …
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