Haggerty R J
Postgrad Med. 1983 Sep;74(3):287-91, 294-5. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1983.11698434.
Six-year-old Mary has a new baby sister, and her father, who recently lost his job, is talking about moving to another city where employment opportunities are better. Mary is worried about leaving her friends and going to a new school. With her mother preoccupied with the baby and her father job hunting, Mary responds to the stress in her life by having a sore throat. In this article, Dr Haggerty urges that children like Mary must be taught to deal with stress in ways that lessen susceptibility to illness but retain the motivating and life-enhancing virtues of stress and suggests that health care providers take on the role of teacher.
六岁的玛丽有了一个刚出生的小妹妹，而她的父亲最近失业了，他正在考虑搬到另一个就业机会更好的城市。玛丽担心离开她的朋友们，去一所新学校上学。由于她的母亲一心照顾婴儿，父亲又忙于找工作，玛丽因喉咙痛来应对生活中的压力。在本文中，哈格蒂博士敦促，必须教会像玛丽这样的孩子以减轻患病易感性的方式应对压力，同时保留压力激发动力和提升生活品质的优点，并建议医疗保健人员承担起教师的角色。
