title: A feeling that needs expressing. Helping patients manage their anxiety.
abstract: Illness often causes high levels of anxiety, which can have a detrimental effect on recovery. Nurses can do much within their normal relationships with their patients to alleviate this.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged