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Stress
This!
By Jack M. Lipsman
Keep that smile on
your face, dammit!
In what
every dealer in Nevada already knows, author Sally Field, in her
new book: "100 Best Careers in Casinos and Casino
Hotels," states emphatically that the pressure-cooker
atmosphere of shift-working gaming dealers who must always be on,
is associated with elevated stress-causing heart attacks, colds,
high blood pressure and a host of other maladies.
Dr. James Anthony, who runs the UMC Quick Care Center here
in Las Vegas, supports Field's assertion that dealer's jobs are
rife with stress. He explains that the regimented casino
environment, several layers of bosses working nearby and
monitoring activity, frequently changing shifts and the
second-hand smoke that fills the gambling halls means that the
gaming dealer will often suffer from stress-related illnesses.
Whether or not casino related stress can ever be reduced is
an open question, but certainly there should be a more responsible
and honest evaluation of the connection between dealers stress
levels and the determination that many illnesses may be
job-related.
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