Contcmplation over the clinicai practice in hospitais

Abstract

A theoretical approach, with the a1m of recovering some questions on Psychology as a science, applied to the hospital as institutions, was donc. Thc main objcctivc was thc clarification of the following points: the cffects of the more primitive and unconscious defence mechanisms; lhe relationship between ageing, lhe situation relatcd to the hospitalization; and the need ofworking out the depressed condition of both the profcssion;ils and thc patients involved in the treatment. A discussion ovcr the conceptuais and practicals implications of transferencc and countertransfc­ rcnec was done, proposing a more careful action. lt is suggested that there is a need of a definition of objcctives and methods of participation in the hospitais to avoid endangering lhe therapeutic relationship.