Patient deaths and medical residents: an Asian perspective.

Objectives: Death is a significant event that affects healthcare providers emotionally. We aimed to determine internal medicine (IM) and paediatric (PD) residents' responses and the impact on the residents following patient deaths, and to compare any differences between IM and PD residents. We also aimed to determine whether sufficient resources and measures were in place to support residents through their grief process.

End-of-life management protocol offered within emergency room (EMPOWER): study protocol for a multicentre study.

Background: Patients at their end-of-life (EOL) phase frequently visit the emergency department (ED) due to their symptoms, yet the environment and physicians in ED are not traditionally equipped or trained to provide palliative care. This multicentre study aims to measure the current quality of EOL care in ED to identify gaps, formulate improvements and implement the improved EOL care protocol. We shall also evaluate healthcare resource utilisation and its associated costs.

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.

Burnout, psychological morbidity and use of coping mechanisms among palliative care practitioners: A multi-centre cross-sectional study.

Background: The prevalence of burnout, psychological morbidity and the use of coping mechanisms among palliative care practitioners in Singapore have not been studied.

Aim: We aimed to study the prevalence of burnout and psychological morbidity among palliative care practitioners in Singapore and its associations with demographic and workplace factors as well as the use of coping mechanisms.

Design: This was a multi-centre, cross-sectional study of all the palliative care providers within the public healthcare sector in Singapore.

Comparison of the Constipation Assessment Scale and plain abdominal radiography in the assessment of constipation in advanced cancer patients.

Context: Constipation is a distressing condition for advanced cancer patients and is frequently underdiagnosed.

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to determine if a strong correlation existed between the use of the Constipation Assessment Scale (CAS) and a plain abdominal radiograph in the interpretation of constipation in patients with advanced cancer. The secondary aim of the study was to compare the plain film radiographic constipation scores among three palliative medicine physicians.