General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 352-358 , September 2005

Facing SARS: psychological impacts on SARS team nurses and psychiatric services in a Taiwan general hospital

  • Shwu-Hua Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yeong-Yuh Juang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Jen Su, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Lan Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Hui Lin,, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Chen Chao, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Behavioral Science, Chang Gung University, Kweisan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 3 3289270; fax: +886 3 3289270.

Received 28 June 2004 ,Accepted 5 April 2005.

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00063-0

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.04.007

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 352-358 , September 2005

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