Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice
Subtitle: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: August 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780195172232
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Nursing; Occupational & industrial psychology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Family & General Practice; Medical / Family & General Practice; Nursing - General; Psychopathology - General; Job stress; Medical personnel; Mental health; Nurses; Physicians
First sentence: Secondary stress represents the stress caused by the pressures placed on professionals who care for others in need.
Description: "Physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals working in today's health care settings must be prepared to offer support in dangerous times despite staffing shortages, financial pressures, and complex legal requirements. Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being is a concise guide for all medical professionals who face these demands.".

"This book offers an extensive and up-to-date bibliography of recent research, clinical papers, and books on medical-nursing practice and secondary stress. Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice is an indispensable resource for medical and nursing professionals, students, and the counselors and therapists who work with them."--BOOK JACKET.