Abstract
While there is a significant amount of literature on anger management, there is relatively little specifically as it applies to ward based work. However, there are two seminal papers on this topic (Gans, 1983; McLaughlin and Carey 1993) that are extremely useful to the practicing health care professional. Gans outlines some of the key dynamics that can arise within ward based work, dynamics that can lead to reciprocal anger developing between patients' families and treatment teams. He outlines how families can find themselves caught between needing to grieve, and tremendous feelings of guilt that such emotions can cause in families who feel that grieving represents a betrayal or abandonment of hope. The feelings of vulnerability that can follow on such occasions can be overwhelming, and anger is often an easy way out.
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