A star-struck service: impact of the admission of a celebrity to an inpatient unit.
The celebrity shares features of the VIP or special patient. The celebrity, however, who refuses to remain anonymous within a hospital setting, often evokes more intense and even specific inappropriate reactions in those around him. His presence creates what the authors call the "star-struck phenomenon." The authors discuss the dynamics that produce this phenomenon.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012803:Sick Role