The significance of gratitude for palliative care professionals: a mixed method protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In palliative care (PC) patients and relatives (P/R) often show their gratitude to the healthcare professionals (HP) who care for them. HP appreciate these displays of gratitude, although the impact of the same has not been examined in detail. Publications analysed tell personal experiences in which HP say that displays of gratitude create sensations of well-being, pride and increased motivation to carry on caring. No systematic examination in PC was found. These aspects related to gratitude may be important in the field of PC, where there is constant exposure to suffering and the preoccupation which arises from wanting to help HP to go on with their work, but it needs closer study and systemisation. The purpose of this study is to understand the significance and the rol

SUBMITTER: Aparicio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6427884 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature