Using 'citizenship' to deal with feelings of hate in psychiatry.
Clinicians' feelings of hate towards their patients may contribute to adverse clinical outcomes through unintended harm or intended abuse. Ideas of 'citizenship' may assist psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to deal with naturally arising feelings of hate, through engagement in dialogue with patients and colleagues, in a spirit of ethical encounter and fellowship.
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Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, Postgraduate Centre, Edgware Community Hospital, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 0AD.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006252:Hate; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D011586:Psychology, Clinical