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Burnout Prevention among Health Care Providers Working with the Terminally Ill: A Literature Review.
Peer reviewedRiordan, Richard J.; Saltzer, Sandra K. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1992
Reviews literature on burnout and its prevention among caregivers to dying. Concludes that health care providers working with dying experience stressors unique to their specialty but also experience stressors common to other health care workers. Summarizes external and internal stressors common to specialty field and offers suggestions for…
Descriptors: Burnout, Caregivers, Death, Health Personnel
Peer reviewedWalker, Rebecca J.; And Others – Health & Social Work, 1996
Anticipatory grief may have beneficial effects for caregivers of people with HIV infection or AIDS. Illness duration, stigmatization, and multiple losses may impede the caregiver's ability to effectively engage in the grief process, however. Discusses the impact of these aspects of the disease on the anticipatory grief process and mourning tasks…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adults, Caregiver Role, Caregivers
