title: A first step in effective communication. Providing a supportive environment for counselling in hospital.
abstract: Counselling is becoming an accepted part of the nursing process. Caring for sick and dying people, however, inevitably arouses feelings of sadness and failure. Learning to empathise rather than identify with patients can help prevent health professionals from perceiving illness and death as a personal failure.
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authors: Jones
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations