Abstract
Not all patients are welcome when admitted to the ward. We are not always hospitable to certain ‘types’ of people. Some patients become an embarrassment to us by the manner of their illness or through our lack of success in treating them. Both patients and circumstances place us under stress and our reactions to such situations may develop into dread. This chapter seeks to examine some of the more stressful areas of acute medical care.
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© 1986 Carol Flemming
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Flemming, C. (1986). Caring in Times of Stress. In: The Other Side of Medical Care. The ‘New Approaches to Care’ series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18179-7_7
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