'Virtually daily grief'-understanding distress in health practitioners involved in a regulatory complaints process: a qualitative study in Australia.

ABSTRACT: Protection of the public is the paramount aim for health practitioner regulation, yet there has been growing concern globally on the association between regulatory complaints processes and practitioner mental health and wellbeing. The objective was to understand the experience, particularly distress, of health practitioners involved in a regulatory complaints process to identify potential strategies to minimise future risk of distress. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with health practitioners in Australia who had recently been through a regulatory complaints process, together with a retrospective analysis of documentation relating to all identified cases of self-harm or suicide of health practitioners who were involved in such a process over 4 years. Data from intervi

SUBMITTER: Biggar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature