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Healthcare workers — a resource that is worth protecting

The spirit of healthcare workers There have been many discussions over the past year in the UK regarding the definition of medical professionalism. In day-today practice surely the aspiration to altruism (the aspiration to put others health first) is a significant part of the identity of a healthcare worker? However, what would happen if that day-to-day practice was challenged by an outbreak of a highly infectious disease – a disease that can be amplified within a healthcare setting and threaten the care of many, not only an individual? This would be a challenge to the aspiration to altruism as healthcare workers would have to start putting their own safety first, and some may find this difficult to accept. Straus et al (2004) explored the issues of medical professionalism in the context of the Toronto Sars experience, and concluded that participants had demonstrated the necessary qualities. The authors ask medical educators and professional organisations to address the balance between personal safety and duty of care.