ReviewPalliative medicine2022
Adaptation and continuous learning: integrative review of coping strategies of palliative care professionals.
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- Provision of Appropriate Care as a Source of Clinician Distress.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2026Article
- Palliative Care as a Predictor of Professional Stress and Mental Health in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Acknowledging existential moments and meaning-making in palliative care: A hermeneutic study of physicians' experience.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Embracing goodbye: A personal reflection on virtual reality intervention in palliative care.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Suicidality, resilience and burnout in a population of oncology nurses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Job burnout and resilience among palliative care professionals in china: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
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- Exploring Nurses' Emotional Resilience and Coping Strategies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Settings in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How palliative care professionals develop coping competence through their career: A grounded theory.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Palliative Professionals' Experiences of Receiving Gratitude: A Transformative and Protective Resource.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoping is essential to manage palliative care professionals' challenges. The focus has been on the effects of coping mechanism; however, little is known about coping itself in palliative care.
aimTo synthesise evidence of coping strategies in palliative care professionals, and how different strategies play roles over time.
designSystematically conducted integrative review. DATA SOURCES: PubMed; CINAHL; Medline; PsycINFO and B-ON were searched (1996-2021) combining 'coping' AND 'palliative care'. A predefined data extraction sheet was developed to report data. Two researchers performed constant comparative analysis using Nvivo
resultsThirty-one studies were included. Four main strategies with recurrent reference to time were found: (a) proactive coping, involving activities to achieve self-confidence and control situations and emotions; (b) self-care based coping, including self-protection and self-awareness activities, with behavioural disconnection; (c) self-transformation coping, involving activities to accept limits; and (d) encountering deep professional meaning, is a coping mechanism based on meaning, frequently considering the deepest meaning of work. The dynamic and influencing factors were training, team interaction, professional motivation and family. They were usually protective factors, though sometimes they represented risk factors. The emotional burden associated with healthcare and systemic stressors were always risk factors. An explanatory model describes a complex and dynamic process, in which everyday strategies and more introspective strategies are combined.
conclusionsThe model showed a process of adaptation and learning to persevere in palliative care. It changes over time under factors and strategies, and evolves in a personal and professional transformation, parallel to the working life. It would be worth assessing coping in healthcare professionals who chose to leave palliative care and to investigate the reasons they did so and their coping mechanisms.
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