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Learning outcomes

Chapter 12 Understanding ourselves

The main aim of this chapter is to stress to all those working within the health-care profession the importance of understanding the self. After reading the chapter, you should have a greater understanding of:

Self concept: the development of self concept, models of self and
self-awareness
Stress: models of stress and modifiers of stress
Attitudes: attitude formation and the relevance of attitudes for
health-care practice.