Open AccessPsychological well-being of palliative care professionals: Who cares?
Author(s) -
Beatriz Moreno-Milán,
Bill Breitbart,
B. Herreros,
Karmele Olaciregui Dague,
María Cristina Coca Pereira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
palliative and supportive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1478-9523
pISSN - 1478-9515
DOI - 10.1017/s1478951521000134
Subject(s) - disenchantment , institution , individualism , palliative care , psychology , health care , engineering ethics , public relations , nursing , sociology , medicine , political science , law , social science , politics , engineering
Traditionally, the psychological well-being of healthcare workers has been taken for granted - it has even been considered a part of the requirements that were demanded of them. When these professionals have experienced suffering and psychological depletion, they have been held accountable for this suffering, adopting an individualistic and reductionist viewpoint focused only on the professional. This approach has become obsolete due to its proven ineffectiveness, especially from an ethics of responsibility and organization viewpoint.