How Primary Care Clinicians Process Patient Death: Logistics, Emotions, and Opportunities for Structural Support.

Background: Navigating the logistics and emotional processing of a patient's death is an inevitable part of many physicians' roles. While research has primarily examined how inpatient clinicians cope with patient loss, little work has explored how primary care clinicians (PCCs) handle patient death in the outpatient setting, and what support resources could help PCCs process loss.

Objective: To explore PCCs' experiences with the logistics and emotional processing of patient deaths and suggestions for supportive resources.