Grief symptoms and difficult patient loss for oncologists in response to patient death

ConclusionsPatient deaths result in behavioral, cognitive, physical, and emotional symptoms of grief in oncologists. These symptoms become particularly intense in the context of patient, family, and disease‐related factors. Educational and supportive interventions for managing grief related to patient death are needed in order to support oncologists in their emotionally and mentally taxing work. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - March 14, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Leeat Granek, Merav Ben‐David, Shahar Shapira, Gil Bar‐Sela, Samuel Ariad Tags: Paper Source Type: research