Compassion fatigue among oncologists: the role of grief, sense of failure, and exposure to suffering and death

ConclusionsThese results highlight the importance of the oncologists ’ subjective experiences of grief and sense of failure, beyond their reports of exposure to suffering and death, in terms of their levels of compassion fatigue. Implications of these findings include the need to develop interventions for oncologists that will allow them to acknowledge, process, an d overcome negative experiences of failure and grief.
Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research