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Understanding the rapidly changing political machinations of professional psychology in its evolving clinical roles within hospitals is a little like trying to read the poker hand of a card player in the club car of a train that is speedily traveling west while you are sitting on the station platform. Unless you have very sharp eyes, and excellent timing and direct a lot of energy in the right direction, you will miss the whole picture.

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Rozensky, R.H. (1991). Psychologists,Politics,and Hospitals. In: Sweet, J.J., Rozensky, R.H., Tovian, S.M. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3792-2_5

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