TY - JOUR
T1 - Oncologists' Protocol and Coping Strategies in Dealing with Patient Loss
AU - Granek, Leeat
AU - Mazzotta, Paolo
AU - Tozer, Richard
AU - Krzyzanowska, Monika K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 18 January 2012; accepted 3 April 2012. Funding of this research was made possible by Juravinski Cancer Centre Foundation, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Address correspondence to Leeat Granek, PhD, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel. E-mail: Leeatg@gmail.com
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - To identify what protocol and coping strategies oncologists turn to cope with patient loss, the authors interviewed 20 oncologists at 3 hospitals. Using the grounded theory method, findings revealed that their protocol may include meeting with families, participating in bereavement rituals, making a phone call, or sending a condolence card. Coping strategies included social support, activity-oriented coping, turning to faith, compartmentalization, and withdrawing from patients and families. The authors conclude by offering implications from this research on how to address oncologists' grief over patient loss in institutional settings in order to improve bereavement care for families and enhance oncologists' quality of life.
AB - To identify what protocol and coping strategies oncologists turn to cope with patient loss, the authors interviewed 20 oncologists at 3 hospitals. Using the grounded theory method, findings revealed that their protocol may include meeting with families, participating in bereavement rituals, making a phone call, or sending a condolence card. Coping strategies included social support, activity-oriented coping, turning to faith, compartmentalization, and withdrawing from patients and families. The authors conclude by offering implications from this research on how to address oncologists' grief over patient loss in institutional settings in order to improve bereavement care for families and enhance oncologists' quality of life.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2012.692461
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2012.692461
M3 - Article
C2 - 24517522
AN - SCOPUS:84880309395
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 37
SP - 937
EP - 952
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 10
ER -