Background Reflective writing (RW) allows physicians to step back, review their thoughts,
goals and actions and recognise how their perspectives, motives and emotions impact their …

Background Mentoring's pivotal role in nurturing professional identity formation (PIF) owes
much to its combined use with supervision, coaching, tutoring, instruction, and teaching …

Background Characterised by feelings of helplessness in the face of clinical, organization
and societal demands, medical students are especially prone to moral distress (MD) …

Background Introduction to a multi-professional team who are working and caring for the
dying, and facing complex moral and ethical dilemmas during Oncology and Palliative …

Whether death occurs in the context of a chronic illness or as the sudden loss of a previously
healthy infant, child, or adolescent, the death of a child is a highly stressful and traumatic …

Background A socioculturally appropriate appreciation of dignity is pivotal to the effective
provision of care for dying patients. Yet concepts of dignity remain poorly defined. To …

Background Mentoring relationships play a critical but poorly understood role in mentoring's
overall success. To overcome these knowledge gaps, a study of mentee experiences in the …

Background Reports of emotional, existential and moral distress amongst medical students
witnessing death and suffering of patients during their clinical postings have raised …

Background This study examined care needs and utilisation of psychosocial support
services among parents of children who had received specialist paediatric palliative care, as …

Introduction The debate on assisted dying and its components, euthanasia and physician-
assisted suicide has evolved with the emergence of the right to dignity and the wish to …