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Overcoming secondary stress in medical and nursing practice : a guide to professional resilience and personal well-being /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wicks, Robert J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Physicians > Job stress.
Nurses > Job stress.
Medical personnel > Job stress.
Physicians > Mental health.
Nurses > Mental health.
Medical personnel > Mental health.
Burn out (Psychology) > Prevention.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Self-care, Health.
Stress management.
Burnout, Professional > prevention & control.
Allied Health Personnel > psychology.
Nurses > psychology.
Patient Care > psychology.
Physicians > psychology.
Table of Contents:
  • Tacking on dangerous psychological waters : appreciating the factors involved in chronic and acute secondary stress
  • "Riding the dragon" : enhancing self-knowledge in the healing professional
  • Drawing from the well of wisdom : three core spiritual approaches to maintaining perspective and strengthening the inner life of the physician, nurse, and allied health professional
  • The simple care of a hopeful heart : developing a personally-designed self-care protocol.