Rehabilitation in a research hospital

Summary

The overt and covert values of a patient-care staff are perhaps the most important force in treating emotional illness within a hospital setting. The rehabilitative responsibilities of a research hospital are similar to those which exist in any effective treatment center. Through its attitudes it must emphasize the importance of the essential individuality of its patients. This, in turn, demands an extreme flexibility on the part of the patient-care staff not only because of the special nature of each research design but because of the complex and even conflicting needs and strivings of all who become involved in the rehabilitative process.