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Abstract
A staff support group was set up for nurses working in an oncology ward in an acute general hospital. The group ran for a period of fifteen months providing emotional support for individual staff members and providing better teamwork between nursing and social work staff. It also enabled a deeper understanding of the origins of stress in such a ward.