Experiences of redeployed healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 in China: A qualitative study

Houshen Li; Yifan Cui; Nikolaos Efstathiou; Bo Li; Ping Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273429

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Experiences of redeployed healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 in China: A qualitative study

Houshen Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Houshen Li, Yifan Cui

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yifan Cui ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Houshen Li, Yifan Cui

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing and Health, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan Province, P.R. China
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Nikolaos Efstathiou,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Bo Li ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: p.guo@bham.ac.uk (PG); 10210022@vip.henu.edu.cn (BL)

Affiliation School of Nursing and Health, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan Province, P.R. China
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Ping Guo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: p.guo@bham.ac.uk (PG); 10210022@vip.henu.edu.cn (BL)

Affiliations Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0979-7047

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Experiences of redeployed healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19 in China: A qualitative study

Houshen Li,
Yifan Cui,
Nikolaos Efstathiou,
Bo Li,
Ping Guo

Published: August 25, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273429

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