Experiences of living with overweight/obesity and early type 2 diabetes in Singapore-a qualitative interview study.

Objectives: To understand the lived experience of adults with overweight/obesity and early type 2 diabetes in a modern urban environment, and the interrelations among the various aspects of these experiences and participants' attitudes to weight management.

Design: Qualitative inductive approach to analysing data thematically from semistructured interviews and interpreted from a socioecological perspective.

Setting: Primary care clinics located in northern and central Singapore.

Palliative care integration in the intensive care unit: healthcare professionals' perspectives - a qualitative study.

Objectives: The complex care needs and high mortality of critically ill patients in intensive care unit (ICU) warrants a team approach. While studies have affirmed the integral role of palliative care teams in ICU, little is known about the ICU healthcare professional's perception on how this integration affects the care of the critically ill.This study examines their perception of how integration of palliative care into ICU practice affects interprofessional collaborative practices and relationships in the delivery of care.

Burnout in Palliative Care - Difficult Cases: Qualitative Study.

Objectives: Burnout is common among palliative care clinicians, occurring as a result of emotions experienced in caring for challenging patients or families. Awareness of these scenarios helps clinicians and teams appropriately manage their own emotions and prevent burnout. We studied challenging clinical situations and the emotions encountered by experienced palliative care clinicians which could potentially contribute to burnout.

How Leaders, Teams and Organisations can prevent Burnout and build Resilience: a thematic analysis'.

Content: Burnout occurs commonly in palliative care. Building resilience helps to mitigate the effects of burnout. Little is known about the importance of leaders, teams and organisations in preventing burnout and promoting resilience in palliative care.

A Qualitative Study on the Experiences and Reflections of Junior Doctors During a Palliative Care Rotation: Perceptions of Challenges and Lessons Learnt.

Context: Doctors caring for patients with life-limiting illness are often exposed to emotional distress.

Objectives: We aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of junior doctors working full time in a palliative care rotation. We examined the lessons junior doctors learnt in managing their emotions as they face patients' death on a daily basis.

Burnout and Resilience After a Decade in Palliative Care: What Survivors Have to Teach Us. A Qualitative Study of Palliative Care Clinicians With More Than 10 Years of Experience.

Context: Burnout is common among palliative care clinicians (PCCs). Resilience helps to reduce burnout, compassion fatigue, and is associated with longevity in palliative care.

Objectives: We aimed to study PCCs who have remained in the field for longer than 10 years to deepen our understanding on their views on burnout and resilience.

The informal curriculum: what do junior doctors learn from a palliative care rotation?

Objectives: Junior doctors learn from the formal and informal curriculum. In a palliative care rotation, the informal curriculum may be useful in teaching attitudes like empathy and compassion. Our study aims to explore how the informal curriculum augments the formal curriculum of a palliative care rotation in shaping the professional development of a doctor.

Primary healthcare system and practice characteristics in Singapore.

It is crucial to adapt and improve the (primary) health care systems of countries to prepare for future patient profiles and their related needs. The main aim of this study was to acquire a comprehensive overview of the perceptions of primary care experts in Singapore about the state of primary care in Singapore, and to compare this with the state of primary care in other countries. Notwithstanding ranked 2(nd) in terms of efficiency of health care, Singapore is facing significant health care challenges.