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Through my eyes — one nursing student’s view

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Mental Handicap

Part of the book series: The Essentials of Nursing ((TEON))

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Just two months away from the State final examination, I can reflect back (in between revision, of course) over the last three years to when it all began. Discontented with my job in drug research and development, I had applied to train in the field of mental handicap nursing. Without any insight or experience of mental handicap, I attended my interview.

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  • Wolfensburger, W., Normalisation, National Institute of Mental Retardation, Toronto, 1972

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Alan Parrish

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© 1987 Karen Morgan

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Morgan, K. (1987). Through my eyes — one nursing student’s view. In: Parrish, A. (eds) Mental Handicap. The Essentials of Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09635-0_2

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