Open AccessProfessional quality of life among professional care providers at cancer palliative care centers in Bengaluru, India
Author(s) -
Amanpreet Kaur,
Mohit Sharma,
Santosh K. Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_31_18
Subject(s) - compassion fatigue , medicine , palliative care , burnout , nursing , family medicine , distress , quality of life (healthcare) , population , descriptive statistics , clinical psychology , environmental health , statistics , mathematics
Being a professional care provider at cancer palliative care settings is demanding and stressful. Literature has indicated the prevalence of high burnout (BO) and distress; however, there is a dearth of studies in India, with no study available on professional quality of life in the field of palliative care.