IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/sagope/v11y2021i1p21582440211006712.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

What Makes Oncologists Feel Compassion Fatigue? Qualitative Findings From Korea

Author

Listed:
  • Jaehee Yi
  • Min Ah Kim
  • Kwonho Choi

Abstract

This study explored oncologists’ compassion fatigue in their practice with cancer patients and families. Qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted. A purposeful sample of nine oncologists was recruited from three hospitals in Korea. We used a hybrid of the theory-driven deductive approach and data-driven inductive approach based on the transactional model of physician compassion. Oncologists shared contexts from which their compassion fatigue stems based on four categories: physician factors, clinical factors, patient and family factors, and environmental and institutional factors. Given the nature of their job, oncologists should receive interventions that improve resilience and reduce compassion fatigue. We suggest interventions that promote appropriate levels of compassion and reduce interfering barriers.

Suggested Citation

  • Jaehee Yi & Min Ah Kim & Kwonho Choi, 2021. "What Makes Oncologists Feel Compassion Fatigue? Qualitative Findings From Korea," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(1), pages 21582440211, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:1:p:21582440211006712
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440211006712
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440211006712
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/21582440211006712?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Alex Broom & W K Tim Wong & Emma Kirby & David Sibbritt & Deme Karikios & Rosemary Harrup & Zarnie Lwin, 2016. "A Qualitative Study of Medical Oncologists’ Experiences of Their Profession and Workforce Sustainability," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-15, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:11:y:2021:i:1:p:21582440211006712. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.