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Sat 04 Apr 2007Mutual distrust behind problems in health serviceA culture of confrontation has blighted the State's interaction with the health professions, writes Ray Kinsella.The root cause of the nurses' dispute is not militancy. It is the culture of adversarialism and confrontation that is increasingly evident in the manner in which the State has chosen to interact with the health system over a number of years.