title: Reflecting on the Ebola Epidemic: What If?
abstract: Could a better health care system in West Africa have saved lives?
authors.affiliation: AJN Editor-in-Chief E-mail: shawn.kennedy@wolterskluwer.com.
authors.forename: Maureen Shawn
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007391:International Cooperation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors