As helping professionals working in end-of-life care, we are deeply affected by loss in our
personal as well as professional lives. In fact, many of us have chosen to work in end-of-life …

When the authors invited their contributing authors to write about their experiences and the
subtle ways in which they can get" hooked" when providing palliative and end-of-life care …

As professionals working in end-of-life care, awareness of our emotional responses to the
people with whom we work is critical for good diagnosis, treatment, and service delivery …

When Professionals Weep speaks to the humbling and often transformational moments that
clinicians experience in their careers as caregivers and healers—moments when it is often …

The paid provision of care for dying persons and their families blends commodified emotion
work and attachments to two often-conflicting role identities: the caring person and the …

Objective: When registered nurses care for patients at the end of life, they are often
confronted with different issues related to suffering, dying, and death whether working in …

Working with older adults offers rich vicarious learning opportunities. A geriatric
specialization offers reflective practitioners multiple opportunities to witness how others cope …

When people have a serious life-limiting illness, physical symptoms are often prominent,
both in the experience of the illness and in its treatment. No less important, however, are …

Attending to Mind and Body Page 1 CHAPTER 8 Attending to Mind and Body Engaging the
Complexity of Emotion Practice Among Caring Professionals REBECCA J. ERICKSON • …

When you think of the word “grieving,” what words come to your mind? Sadness, sorrow,
fear, tears, loss, growth, love, pain, hurt.… If you work in hospice or you work with dying …