Surviving Fears In Health And Social Care: The Terrors Of Night And The Arrows Of Day

168 Pages·2004·0.55 MB·English

by  Martin Smith

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Surviving Fears in Health
and Social Care
The Terrors of Night
and the Arrows of Day
Martin Smith
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia
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Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Smith, Martin, 1958-
Survivingfearsinhealthandsocialcare:theterrorsofnightandthearrowsofday/Martin
Smith.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-84310-180-7 (pbk.)
1. Medicalpersonnel—Mentalhealth.2. Medicalpersonnel—Attitudes.3. Medicalperson-
nel—Psychology. 4. Social workers—Mental health. 5. Social workers—Attitudes. 6. Social
workers—Psychology. 7. Fear. 8. Human services—Psychological aspects. I. Title.
RC451.4.M44S64 2004
610.69’6—dc22
2004022158
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ISBN-10: 1 84310 180 7
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To my parents
Acknowledgements
LinnetMcMahonandJeanNurstenfromTheUniversityofReadinghelped
inspireandnurturethebeliefthatthisbookmightbeworthwhileandmy
confidence that I might be able to write it. Kay Clymo along with
colleagues from The British Journal of Social Work and The Journal of Social
WorkPracticeaidedthisprocess.InparticularIwouldliketothankAndrew
Cooper,StephenBriggsandLynnFroggett.ColleaguesfromBuckingham-
shire Social Services have also been of help and encouragement: Eileen
Springford, Patrick McGrath, Peter Cattanach and David Lees especially.
Sheila, Robert, Jonathan and Verity were good company throughout the
many phases of writing. Christina Anderson read a draft version of the
book and made helpful comments.
Iamindebted,mostofall,tothosewhoparticipatedintheresearchstudies
described here and who shared their stories with me. Countless other
service users, colleagues and students have helped me to become better
acquainted withfearovertheyears. For these‘nameless actsof kindness’,
forgotten and remembered, many thanks.
Best safety lies in fear.
(Shakespeare,Hamlet)
Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread,
And having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more his head;
Because he knows a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread.
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge,The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
Ah yes, but that is not the real fear. The real fear is fear of what
lies beneath the surface of things, and this fear will not be dispelled.
(Franz Kafka, quoted in Beradt 1985)