Objectives: The potential usefulness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) is being investigated for healthcare staff burnout and associated problems, but empirical research on MBI's for end-of-life (EOL) professionals is still in its infancy. The aim of this review is to describe and evaluate the body of evidence-based research on the use of MBIs to support the psychological wellbeing of...
As palliative care providers, we are expected to expertly address psychological and spiritual distress among our patients. Left unchecked, existential suffering threatens to exacerbate symptom burden and limit therapeutic potential. Tending to the psychospiritual domains of a person’s experience is thus as fundamental to our roles as healers as is familiarity with equianalgesic charts and bowel...