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ERIC Number: EJ323233
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Cancer Ward Staff Group: An Intervention Designed to Prevent Disaster.
Barber, William H.
Small Group Behavior, v16 n3 p339-53 Aug 1985
Describes a case study illustrating organizational and system contingencies for introducing and maintaining a support group for oncology nursing staff in a large general hospital culture. Criteria for long-run survivability of innovation in a work system are applied to a group structured like that described by Balint for training physicians in interpersonal relations. (Author)
Descriptors: Cancer, Case Studies, Helping Relationship, Hospitals, Nurses, Program Design, Social Support Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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