Healthcare under siege: a qualitative study of health-worker responses to targeting and besiegement in Syria

ObjectivesTo explore health-worker perspectives on security, improving safety, managing constrained resources and handling mass casualties during besiegement in Syria.DesignA qualitative study using semi-structured key informant interviews, conducted remotely over WhatsApp and Skype, and analysed th...

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Published in:BMJ open 2019-09, Vol.9 (9), p.e029651
Main Authors: Fardousi, Nasser, Douedari, Yazan, Howard, Natasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed Conflicts
besiegement
Cities
Delivery of Health Care - methods
Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration
Emergency Medicine
Emotions
facility targeting
Health care
Health Facilities
Health Personnel - psychology
Health Resources - supply & distribution
health system strengthening
Hospitals
Human rights
Humans
International law
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Male
mass casualties
Mass Casualty Incidents - psychology
Medical personnel
Military engagements
Qualitative Research
Resilience (Psychology)
Resilience, Psychological
Safety Management
Security Measures
Syria
Trauma
Triage
War
Workers
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