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cord-322451-cwpz4akv	Hsin, Dena Hsin-Chen	Heroes of SARS: professional roles and ethics of health care workers	2004-07-27		.txt	text/plain	3598	200	66	To examine the professional moral duty of health care workers (HCWs) in the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003. In a number of countries in order to encourage HCW, the government and the public started to give the title of 'hero' to nurses and doctors who are working in the frontline of SARS outbreak. While the ethical ideal of self-less sacrifice of life for curing disease is promoted in the public image and media, discussions with HCW in several countries suggests that being a hero is not what modern medical practice is for some HCWs. Most HCWs in Taiwan are working in the commercial hospital, where the hirer pushes them to focus their effort of work on business competition rather than the basic role of helpers to human's health. Nurses' professional care obligation and their attitudes towards SARS infection control measures in Taiwan during and after the 2003 epidemic	./cache/cord-322451-cwpz4akv.txt	./txt/cord-322451-cwpz4akv.txt