The difficult patient: An attachment perspective
South African Family Practice
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The difficult patient: An attachment perspective | |
| Creator | Panzer, A. Viljoen, M. Maunder, R.G. Hunter, J.J. | |
| Description | Stressors such as illness, injury and hospitalisation are likely to accurate attachments behaviours. The way people react to these stressors (i.e their illness behaviour); varies widely; and is strongly correlated with their attachment style. In this paper we briefly review attachment theory, with reference to difficult patient behaviours, including compulsive self-reliance, compulsive care seeking and rejection of staff coupled with exaggerated help-seeking behaviour. We conclude by suggesting simple interventions that can easily be applied to enable staff to cope, and thus be more able to help patients with difficult illness behaviours. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2003-08-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/safp.v45i8.1892 | |
| Source | South African Family Practice; Vol 45, No 8 (2003); 3 2078-6204 2078-6190 | |
| Language | eng | |
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