Open AccessEMOTIONAL BURNOUT AND ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING OF ONCOLOGISTS
Author(s) -
Валентина Чулкова,
Yelena Pestereva,
E.B. Karpova,
Нелли Сергеевна Хрусталева,
Tatyana Semiglazova,
Maksim A. Rogachev,
Aleksey Belyaev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
voprosy onkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2949-4915
pISSN - 0507-3758
DOI - 10.37469/0507-3758-2020-66-2-127-134
Subject(s) - burnout , professional psychology , emotional stress , emotional exhaustion , resistance (ecology) , medicine , psychology , professional development , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , medical education , ecology , biology
The article describes the signs of the phenomenon of emotional burnout and presents the features of emotional burnout of oncologists. It is shown that most oncologists are characterized by burnout during the “resistance” phase. Resistance is a psychological defense developed by a person in response to increasing stress during work and expressed in a tendency to limit emotional contact with patients. It is shown that for an effective interaction with a cancer patient, a doctor must observe professional boundaries. Professional boundaries allow the doctor not to avoid contact with the oncological patient, and not to overly immerse himself in the patient’s experiences. The authors point out the need for professional psychological training of an oncologist.