From the contradiction between the demands of caregiving and the reality of everyday nursing, nursing students and qualified nursing staff develop strategies of detachment. They learn to accept what they should be fighting against because it contradicts what they aspire to achieve. The theme of the book is the failure of caregiving ideals in practice and the strategies that help maintain commitment to these ideals even in the face of failure. The first edition of the study was published in 2002 under the title "Vocational Training Between Aspirations and Reality" by Hans Huber Publishing.