The caregiver's dilemma: in search of sustainable medical empathy

Other staff members reported symptoms of anxiety and depression related to difficult cases and patient deaths. Systemic changes, such as reducing administrative burden, efforts to foster positive learning environments, and creation of strong peer support networks, can help. [...]it is more like a sk...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 396; no. 10249; pp. 458 - 459
Main Author Zaki, Jamil
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 15.08.2020
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Burnout
Burnout, Professional
Caregivers
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical Care - psychology
Emotions
Empathy
Fatigue
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Medical Staff, Hospital - psychology
Medical students
Nurses
Nursing care
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Pain
Pandemics
Parents - psychology
Patients
Physicians
Training
Trauma
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Summary:Other staff members reported symptoms of anxiety and depression related to difficult cases and patient deaths. Systemic changes, such as reducing administrative burden, efforts to foster positive learning environments, and creation of strong peer support networks, can help. [...]it is more like a skill. Whereas “bedside manner” was once viewed as a quality professionals simply had or lacked, various training programmes now teach empathy in patient care.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31685-8