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• Title:Overcoming secondary stress in medical and nursing practice : a guide to professional resilience and personal well-being / Robert J. Wicks.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wicks, Robert J.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2006.
  

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  • Call Number: WM172 .W527 2006
    
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  • Status:Available
    

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• Library of Congress 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.
  
• Medical Subjects: Burnout, Professional--prevention & control.
  Allied Health Personnel--psychology.
  Nurses--psychology.
  Patient Care--psychology.
  Physicians--psychology.
  
• Description:xvi, 197 p. ; 22 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-187) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195172232 (alk. paper)
  019517223X (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Anthony Barbato
  Introduction : reaching out ... without being pulled down : remaining passionate in the fields of medicine, nursing, and allied health - a guide to personal and professional well-being
  Ch. 1. Tacking on dangerous psychological waters : appreciating the factors involved in chronic and acute secondary stress
  Ch. 2. "Riding the dragon" : enhancing self-knowledge and self-talk in the health care professional
  Ch. 3. 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
  Ch. 4. simple care of a hopeful heart : developing a personally designed self-care protocol
  Epilogue : passionate journeys : returning to the wonders of medicine, nursing, and allied health.