title: Self-protection from stress. Its meaning for medical groups.
abstract: Seth Allcorn, Ph.D., M.B.A., associate dean for fiscal affairs at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, writes how self-protection can initially reduce stress in the individual but is detrimental to the group. He investigates self-protective behavior from a psychological view and offers his analysis on the nature of self-protection, its impact on others and how to minimize the effects.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allcorn
mesh_terms: D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States