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Tom Main: The Ailment in Therapy by Seán Gallagher is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Therapists can experience frustration and negative feelings like ambivalence and hatred when patients do not improve or get worse despite treatment. This can unconsciously influence treatment in harmful ways if not addressed. 2) Nurses realized they were giving sedatives to quiet difficult patients not for medical reasons, but to soothe their own distress, and allowing feelings to be acknowledged improved patient care. 3) While heroic or desperate treatments can sometimes be medically justified, the
- Author
- Seán Gallagher
- Language
- EN