RT Journal
A1 Granek L, Tozer R, Mazzotta P, Ramjaun A, Krzyzanowska M
T1 NAture and impact of grief over patient loss on oncologists' personal and professional lives
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD June 25
VO 172
IS 12
SP 964
OP 966
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1426
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1426
AB 
Caring for critically ill and terminal patients can generate grief reactions in health care professionals (HCPs).1- 4 While all HCPs can potentially experience grief over patient loss, oncologists face unique pressures because they are legally responsible for the patients' care and may be blamed when patients die.5 Despite the evidence that grief over patient loss is an intrinsic part of clinical oncology, there are no qualitative studies examining the nature and extent of oncologists' grief over patient loss nor the impact of this grief on oncologists' lives. The objectives of our study were to explore and identify oncologists' grief over patient loss and the ways in which this grief may affect their personal and professional lives.