Experiences of selves in isolation: A psychodynamic approach to the care of patients being treated in a specialized medical hospital unit

Psychodynamic Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-163

  Parkinson, Judy ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body; Containment; Isolation; Self; Unbounded

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HAIR LOSS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF ESTEEM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33646406830     PISSN: 14753634     EISSN: 14753626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14753630600644532     Document Type: Article

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