Emotional Problems of Burned Children

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THE severely burned patient is a notoriously difficult problem for the doctor and nurse. The medical care is arduous because of the unrelenting, meticulous physical work involved but also in larger part because of the antagonistic behavioral patterns frequently assumed by the patient. On entry to the hospital immediately after injury the patient is usually reasonable, Cooperative and grateful. Soon, however, the pattern changes. The patient tends to become irritable, whining and unCooperative, and often shows aggressive and even assaultive behavior. The illness is often prolonged by open wounds as well as infection, and the staff becomes fatigued, morale tends . . .

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