Secondary traumatization and proneness to dissociation among palliative care workers: A cross sectional study

Exposure to dying patients can contribute to secondary traumatic stress among palliative care workers. Peritraumatic dissociation, an individual ’s personal proneness to dissociation during exposure to a stressful event, is the strongest predictor of post-traumatic stress, but existing research on its relationship to secondary traumatic stress is limited.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research