Fear and the Front Line | NEJM

Fear and the Front Line | NEJM

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“If we are not prepared to fight fear and ignorance as actively and as thoughtfully as we fight any other virus, it is possible that fear can do terrible harm to vulnerable people, even in places that never see a single case of infection during an outbreak.”

Health-care workers are not immune from the virus of fear, says physician Susan Murray. She recalls how the spectre of Ebola once hindered her treatment of a terminally ill man. (New England Journal of Medicine | 6 min read)