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attachment (ă-tach-mĕnt) n.
1. (in psychology) the process of developing the first close selective relationship of a child's life, most commonly with the mother. a. disorder a psychiatric disorder in infants and young children resulting from institutionalization, emotional neglect, or child abuse. Affected children are either withdrawn, aggressive, and fearful or attention-seeking and indiscriminately friendly.
2. (in the NHS) a working arrangement by which district nurses, social workers, etc., are engaged in association with specific general practitioners, caring for their registered patients rather than working solely on a geographical or district basis. clinical a. (in the NHS) an arrangement in which a person shadows a medical professional, often in order to gain experience in that professional's field.
1. (in psychology) the process of developing the first close selective relationship of a child's life, most commonly with the mother. a. disorder a psychiatric disorder in infants and young children resulting from institutionalization, emotional neglect, or child abuse. Affected children are either withdrawn, aggressive, and fearful or attention-seeking and indiscriminately friendly.
2. (in the NHS) a working arrangement by which district nurses, social workers, etc., are engaged in association with specific general practitioners, caring for their registered patients rather than working solely on a geographical or district basis. clinical a. (in the NHS) an arrangement in which a person shadows a medical professional, often in order to gain experience in that professional's field.
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