Experiment perilous : physicians and patients facing the unknown / Renée C. Fox.

• Introduction to the Metabolic Research Group and Ward F-Second -- The physicians of the Metabolic Group: some of their problems and stresses -- How the physicians ... came to terms with their problems and stresses -- The patients of Ward F-Second : some of their problems and stresses -- How the patients ... came to terms with their problems and stresses -- The F-Seconders : Paul O'Brian, Leo Angelico, and Jackie Foote -- Ward F-Second, the Metabolic Group, and the Sociologist -- General significance of "Experiment Perilous. 

• In 1951, author Renee C. Fox became part of a team composed of metabolic experts, psychiatrists, social workers, and a psychologist who were to pool their methods, seeking understanding of the "human organism's response to life stress". Ms. Fox, a doctoral student in sociology, became an active part of life on Ward-F Second for a part of 1951-52. The patients suffer from a wide range of disorders. The Metabolic Research Group is a team of young physicians who are not only treating these patients, but also pursuing research on them, seeking cures. There is tension, stress, ambivalence, and differing degrees of personal investment. The report describes a small but important part of the medical world; its insights are particularly valuable for students and teachers in social work, medicine, and allied fields 

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