CMAJ| APRIL 8, 2019| VOLUME 191| ISSUE 14 E381 them to process grief and loss in an
open, supportive, compassionate and nonjudgmental way. Practising compassion is integral …

Background: Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is now an American Board of Medical
Specialties-recognized subspecialty, and many physicians are choosing it as a career …

Background: Despite the body of literature regarding the varying definition of compassion,
there appears a lack of literature pertaining to the meaning of compassion from the …

THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM is the foundation and core method of palliative care
programs. Ideally, the different professional disciplines pool their training, skills and …

Objective: Burnout syndrome is a work-related professional distress. Palliative care
physicians often have to deal with complex end-of-life situations and are at risk of presenting …

Clinician burnout reduces the capacity for providers and health systems to deliver timely,
high quality, patient-centered care and increases the risk that clinicians will leave practice …

Context Although prior surveys have identified rates of self-reported burnout among
palliative care clinicians as high as 62%, limited data exist to elucidate the causes …

See related research article by Sinclair, page 180 experience a real sense of worth,
meaning and purpose in their chosen field of endeavour. The strong impression gained from …

PALLIATIVE CARE PROFESSIONALS face the chal-lenge of working closely and intensively
with seriously ill patients and their families at highly emotional and stressful times in their …

Work in palliative care and, in particular, end-of-life care is associated with inherent
stressors that may impact on the well-being of clinicians working in the field. Work stressors …