Burnout in pediatric hematology/oncology-time to address the elephant by name

Brittney Whitford; Amy L Nadel; Jonathan D Fish

doi:10.1002/pbc.27244

Burnout in pediatric hematology/oncology-time to address the elephant by name

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Oct;65(10):e27244. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27244. Epub 2018 May 24.

Authors

Brittney Whitford¹, Amy L Nadel^{1

2}, Jonathan D Fish^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
² Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York.

PMID: 29797652
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27244

Abstract

The last decade has brought increasing recognition that the wellness of health care providers has an impact on the quality of care, patient satisfaction, and health care economics. This review will describe models of burnout, discuss the impact of burnout on medicine with a focus on pediatric hematologists/oncologists, and present interventions that may help ameliorate physician burnout.

Keywords: burnout; compassion fatigue; emotional exhaustion; grief; stress.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional*
Hematology*
Humans
Medical Oncology*
Pediatrics*
Physicians / psychology*