Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Jul 2015
Multicenter StudyBurnout, psychological morbidity and use of coping mechanisms among palliative care practitioners: A multi-centre cross-sectional study.
The prevalence of burnout, psychological morbidity and the use of coping mechanisms among palliative care practitioners in Singapore have not been studied. ⋯ Our results reveal that burnout and psychological morbidity are significant in the palliative care community and demonstrate a need to look at managing long working hours and promoting the use of coping mechanisms to reduce burnout and psychological morbidity.