Isabel menzies lyth revisited institutional defences in public health nursing in South Africa during the 1990s

Psychodynamic Counselling

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-495

  Van Der Walt, Hester ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Public health nursing; Socially structured defences; Tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEPERSONALIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0032706146     PISSN: 13533339     EISSN: 14701057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13533339908404985     Document Type: Article

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