Mental Nursing as a Career
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چکیده
The metamorphosis of public opinion is notoriously slow. Although the last two or three decades must have done much to disabuse the public mind of its misconceptions with regard to mental hospitals, there is still some distaste felt by parents at the suggestion that mental nursing might be a suitable career for their daughters. Before an attempt is made to overcome this, the conditions and opportunities which the mental nursing service offers to-day will be outlined.
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