Organizational defenses against the anxiety of terminal illness: A case study

1 April 1984

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Death Education

Vol. 8 (2-3) , 137-154
https://doi.org/10.1080/07481188408252453

Abstract

Working with the dying is a task which generates enormous anxiety in the caregiver as well as the entire organization which has taken on this assignment. This case study deals with a chronic care hospital and the organizational defense mechanisms observed by a consultant hired to do staff training and development. Further, there is a discussion of the training model devised to provide a facilitative means of tapping those defenses and working through the anxiety.

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