Into the field of suffering : finding the other side of burnout / David Schenck, Scott Neely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schenck, David, author.

Neely, Scott, active 2022, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burn out (Psychology).

Empathy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Healthcare providers are constantly confronted with illness and injury, and the challenges of healing. Yet this very work, the relief of suffering, inflicts on healthcare providers suffering of their own that is often crippling. The most common terms for the pain caregivers and healers suffer from are burnout and moral distress. These common terms are, however, often used judgmentally--as if those trying to heal others have failed themselves, their colleagues, and their patients. The net result is that much discussion of burnout and moral distress, and the interventions they underwrite, have served only to worsen the crisis.Into the Field of Suffering: Finding the Other Side of Burnout provides a much-needed reframing of burnout and moral distress. These depleting experiences are approached as trials virtually inevitable in the course of the healer's vocation. The challenge medical professionals and caregivers face is not avoiding them, but meeting them directly with insight into the role of moral distress and burnout in the development of their vocation. Into the Field of Suffering presents a set of analytical frameworks and awareness skills, which have the potential to transform the work of healers and caregivers.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Schenck, David Into the Field of Suffering

ISBN:

0-19-766676-0

0-19-766674-4

0-19-766675-2