Applied Nursing Research
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 171-180 , November 2007

Dying and caring on the edge: Taiwan's surviving nurses' reflections on taking care of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

  • Fu-Jin Shih, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Meei-Ling Gau, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Nurse Midwifery, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Ching-Chiu Kao, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University–Municipal Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Chyn-Yng Yang, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Yaw-Sheng Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Yen-Chi Liao, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Nursing, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 111, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Yen-Chi Liao is to be contacted at Graduate Institute of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., and Department of Nursing, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 111, R.O.C. Tel.: +886 2 2833 2211x2351. Shuh-Jen Sheu, School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2826×7271; fax: +886 2 2822×9973.
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  • Shuh-Jen Sheu, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 19 August 2005 ,Revised 19 May 2006 ,Accepted 10 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.007

Applied Nursing Research
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