ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2020
From powerlessness to recognition the meaning of palliative care clinicians' experience of suffering.
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- The Effects of Practice Environment and Job Characteristics on Nurses and Nurse Aides' Feelings of Powerlessness in Residential Long-Term Care Institutions.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Article
- Mental health trajectories, resilience and psychosocial factors in palliative care workers frequently exposed to death.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acknowledging existential moments and meaning-making in palliative care: A hermeneutic study of physicians' experience.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Validating the self-competence in death work scale for end-of-life care volunteers.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- 'It's hard not to feel like somehow I fell short': A discourse analysis of palliative care providers' experiences with patients' nonphysical suffering.Palliative care and social practice · 2025Article
- Continuous palliative sedation until death: a qualitative study of palliative care clinicians' experiences.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Turning the Lens Inward: The Psychological Elements of Clinician Well Being.Journal of palliative medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Palliative care (PC) clinicians work alongside people who are at the end of their lives. These patients face death and suffering, which may also cause significant suffering for the PC clinicians themselves. Previous studies suggest that a significant number of PC professionals suffer from compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout. However, very few studies have attempted to better understand the meaning of PC clinicians' lived experience of suffering in its complexity and intricacy. Drawing upon Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), this study aimed to explore the PC clinicians' experience of suffering from a phenomenological and existential perspective. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-one specialized PC clinicians who were all part of the same multidisciplinary team. Interviews were analysed using IPA. The three emerging essential themes describing the meaning of clinicians' suffering were 1) Suffering as powerlessness; 2) suffering as non-recognition and 3) easing suffering: the promise of recognition. Result interpretation was based on Paul Ricoeur's existential phenomenology of suffering and recognition. The conclusion calls for support initiatives and interventions aimed at promoting recognition among PC clinicians on personal, professional, and institutional levels.
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