Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System

Drug Abuse as a Maladaptive Coping Response among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Mohadeseh Motamed- Jahromi 1
Kourosh Azizi 2
Mohammad Hossein Kaveh 3

1 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Nursing School, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

2 Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Medical Entomology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3 Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/jhsss.2022.96201.1644
Abstract
This article has no abstract.

Keywords

COVID-19
Pandemics
Drug overdose
Health personnel
Sociological factors
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