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This unit of training begins with a request to the student to describe his observations of incidents in which institutions and persons outside the hospital influence what happens in the hospital. The seminar discusses some of the extra-hospital influences on the hospital's functioning. with the hospital envisioned as the hub of a wheel that has spokes radiating out to the community, the aim is to discover what lies along the spokes of the wheel and how it influences the wheel's turning. Factors that may be considered are the following; (1) the patient's immediate community—his family, friends, etc; (2) the geographical community in which the hospital is located; (3) the relation of the hospital staff to the community in which the hospital is located; (4) public attitudes toward mental illness; (5) the press, radio, and television; (6) members of the community who serve as volunteer workers in the hospital; (7) institutions concerned with the health, welfare, and education of members of the community; (8) legal factors as represented by laws and administration of them; and (9) commercial and industrial enterprises which directly or indirectly influence the hospital. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)