Do Doctors Grieve: Addressing Physician Grief and Cultivating Better Doctors
Physician grief over patient loss is ubiquitous and often leads to mental distraction and compromised treatment decisions. Through personal narrative and a literature review, it is not the grief itself which brews poor outcomes, but lack of discussion or addressing such grief. Open and direct discus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
[2020]
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 83-85 |
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Humanities
B Grief B Narrative Ethics B Burnout B do not resuscitate B Narrative medicine B Palliative Care B Medical Education B Physician grief |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Physician grief over patient loss is ubiquitous and often leads to mental distraction and compromised treatment decisions. Through personal narrative and a literature review, it is not the grief itself which brews poor outcomes, but lack of discussion or addressing such grief. Open and direct discussion, therefore, seem the first steps to address physician grief and support healthier physicians. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-020-00899-1 |