Danger to self : on the front line with an ER psychiatrist / Paul R. Linde.
The psychiatric emergency room, a fast-paced combat zone with pressure to match, thrusts its medical providers into the outland of human experience where they must respond rapidly and decisively in spite of uncertainty and, very often, danger. In this lively first-person narrative, Paul R. Linde tak...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
©2010.
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| Genre/Form: | Personal Narrative, Personal narratives |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The psychiatric emergency room, a fast-paced combat zone with pressure to match, thrusts its medical providers into the outland of human experience where they must respond rapidly and decisively in spite of uncertainty and, very often, danger. In this lively first-person narrative, Paul R. Linde takes readers behind the scenes at an urban psychiatric emergency room, with all its chaos and pathos, where we witness mental health professionals doing their best to alleviate suffering and repair shattered lives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780520944558 0520944550 128235986X 9781282359864 9786612359866 6612359862 |
| Language: | English. |