Hospice News November 21, 2023
Palliative care organizations that integrate employee feedback into their staff development policies have a fighting chance in battling ongoing burnout and turnover in the field.
The palliative care workforce is facing a wide range of challenges that impact their ability to thrive in the field. Providing serious illness care can be emotionally and mentally taxing on interdisciplinary teams. The last few years in particular carried exacerbated pressures on palliative care workers, according to Beth Lown, chief medical officer at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare based in Boston.
Lown is also an associate professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Founded in 1995, the Schwartz Center provides education, training and support to hospices, hospitals, palliative providers and other health...
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