Easing clinician distress in pediatric cancer care

Karen Moody, Deborah Kramer, Caitlin Scanlon, Lucia Wocial, Beth Newton Watson, Adam Hill

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Abstract

Pediatric oncology has the potential to bring joy and job satisfaction and enrich the lives of healthcare workers that choose to work in this field. However, the tremendous burden of caring for sick, suffering, and sometimes terminally ill children, and supporting their families, can be overwhelming, especially in the context of a complicated healthcare system, long hours on the job, challenging work environments, and a number of other potential interpersonal conflicts involving staff, patients, and/or family members. All of these factors can eventually lead to significant clinician distress. In this chapter, we describe four types of distress that affect clinicians; burnout, compassion fatigue, moral distress, and spiritual distress, from various clinician perspectives and report on prevalence and risk factors. In addition, we review types of interventions that can be implemented on an individual and/or an institutional level to help prevent and reduce this growing problem among healthcare providers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPediatric Oncology
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages265-286
Number of pages22
Edition9783319613901
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NamePediatric Oncology
Number9783319613901
ISSN (Print)1613-5318
ISSN (Electronic)2191-0812

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Oncology

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