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. 2016 Jul;66(648):376-7.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X685957.

Increasing emotional support for healthcare workers can rebalance clinical detachment and empathy

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PMID: 27364670
PMCID: PMC4917040
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X685957

Increasing emotional support for healthcare workers can rebalance clinical detachment and empathy

Luke Austen. Br J Gen Pract. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;66(648):376-7.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp16X685957.

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¹ Fourth-year medical student, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, Oxford.

PMID: 27364670
PMCID: PMC4917040
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X685957

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Figure 1. — Figure 1.
A response to patient emotional trauma skewed towards clinical detachment may drive long-term progression to generalised emotional detachment and burnout.

Figure 2. — Figure 2.
A range of supportive interventions can reduce the likelihood of emotional resonance progressing to emotional exhaustion, allowing balance between true empathy and clinical detachment to be restored.

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