The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously ill.

By D. Meier, A. Back, R. Morrison. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2001

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How Do Distress and Well-being Relate to Medical Student Empathy? A Multicenter Study (2007, background): “Other sources of distress are similar at all stages of a career, including encounters with patient death and suffering, medical errors, fatigue, and challenges in balancing personal and professional lives.(88,89) In recent years, there has been increased interest in edifying aspects of health (high ”
Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment (2008, positive): “Physicians also often avoid these conversations, communicate euphemistically, are overly optimistic, or delay discussions until patients are close to death, perhaps because their own feelings of failure or loss.(4,5,10,13,47,48) Consistent with this hypothesis, patients with lower Karnofsky scores, ”