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[Problems with so-called continuous visitors].

H Haskovcová
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Man faced with inevitable hospitalization experiences the situation as a sort of crisis. Patients miss most, during prolonged or repeated stays in hospital, social relations. It is paradoxical that when man in the role of a patient most needs emotional support from relatives and friends, administrative regulations forbid continual visits. The author presents the results of a survey made among doctors attending postgraduate courses and discusses the reasons for their ambivalent views. Doctors in the role of patients would like to have continual visits by the family: the same doctors in their professional role usually refuse visits.

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H Haskovcová. 1990-05-11. [Problems with so-called continuous visitors].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2350780/

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