Research: As the example of the current avian influenza situation, to read, a pandemic has not only consequences for the health situation of the infected, but also for the emotional welfare of non-infected.
These see themselves confronted with fears of infection or Impfnebenwirkung and for that reason alone claim of health care resources. This “emotional epidemiology” by Danielle Ofri is a pandemic in New england Journal of Medicine discussed (NEJM 361 (2009) 2594-5):
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