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It is a fallacy to believe that professional health workers have the monopoly on care; indeed, they merely represent the tip of the iceberg. An infinitely greater amount of ‘nursing’ is done by a silent army of lay carers, who support a chronically dependent relative with unswerving dedication.
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© 1989 Irene Heywood Jones and Nursing Times
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Jones, I.H. (1989). Help for People with a Chronic Illness. In: Helping Hands. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10239-6_4
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