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Providing Care in the Face of Uncertainty

Henry Masur, MD; Ezekiel Emanuel, MD; H. Clifford Lane, MD

JAMA. 2003;289:2861-2863.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has captured the attention of health care professionals and the public worldwide.^1-7 Compared with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, malaria, and even influenza, there have been relatively few cases of SARS and a limited number of deaths. However, the ultimate course and global impact of this new illness is currently unknown. Much like concern about anthrax, West Nile disease, and new strains of influenza, most segments of society have been appropriately concerned about how they will be affected.

In this issue of THE JOURNAL, Booth and colleagues report the clinical features and outcomes of 144 cases in the SARS outbreak in Toronto, Ontario.⁸ The authors deserve enormous credit for developing their comprehensive description of this outbreak so rapidly during a period when health care professionals in Toronto have been overwhelmed with clinical and public health . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Critical Care Medicine Department and Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, and Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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