The burnout syndrome in palliative home care workers: the role of coping strategies and metacognitive beliefs

Healthcare professionals are daily confronted with events involving the suffering of others, which are likely to generate highly negative and stressful emotions. In palliative care the emotional commitment is exacerbated by the constant confrontation with the theme of suffering and death. The failur...

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Main Authors: Vittorio Lenzo, Federica Indelicato, Elisabetta Grisolia, Mary Ellen Toffle, Maria C. Quattropani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Messina 2016-05-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Online Access:http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/1120