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The Importance Of Self-Awareness In Mental Health Nursing

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Mental Health And Mental Handicap

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At the end of the previous section, we suggested that the nurse and anyone else connected with a client with mental health problems have a duty to attempt to understand her, and to be aware of their own attitudes to her condition.

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© 1991 Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Carpenter, D., Turnbull, J. (1991). The Importance Of Self-Awareness In Mental Health Nursing. In: Mental Health And Mental Handicap. Nursing Times Open Learning Texts. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12821-1_3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12821-1_3

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave, London

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