Promoting resiliency among palliative care clinicians: Stressors, coping strategies, and training needs

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 332-337

  Perez, Giselle K ^a   Haime, Vivian ^a   Jackson, Vicki ^a   Chittenden, Eva ^a   Mehta, Darshan H ^a   Park, Elyse R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDITATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TRAINING; YOGA; BURNOUT; EDUCATION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; STANDARDS; THERAPY; TIME;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELAXATION THERAPY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925634074     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0221     Document Type: Article

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