Building Resilience for Palliative Care Clinicians: An Approach to Burnout Prevention Based on Individual Skills and Workplace Factors

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 284-291

  Back, Anthony L ^a   Steinhauser, Karen E ^b   Kamal, Arif H ^b   Jackson, Vicki A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; palliative care; Resilience; well being; work engagement

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; EARLY INTERVENTION; HOSPITAL; LEADERSHIP; MODEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION; SKILL; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; AFFECT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

EID: 85007365307     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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