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The mental state we are in: morale and psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Group, University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YG
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In this lecture I will ask: is morale poor among doctors? If it is (and let us for a moment assume that it might be), why is it that? If it is worse recently then is the deterioration an inevitable part of the process of rapid change in the National Health Service (NHS)? Is it, on the other hand, remediable?

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 7 , July 1998 , pp. 405 - 409
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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