Pallimed: “For some doctors crying at the bedside of a patient is acknowledgment of grief, impending loss, and the connection that has been built. If crying can restore some emotional stamina by releasing pent up negative feelings then this can be worthwhile. If crying at the bedside starts to become something you do more often than not, or start to feel as though you must or should cry, then you might need to look at other ways to replenish yourself and see if your team notices any signs of compassion fatigue/burn-out.”
Related posts:
- Your patient is crying, what to do?
- Palliative medicine as the villain?
- Anti-smoking ads use a crying child, is it too much?
- The impact of palliative care on patients and their families
- The concept of palliative care
- Are patients who enter hospice care really abandoned by their primary care doctors?
- Iowa floods and palliative care
KevinMD.com on Facebook
Comments on this entry are closed.