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Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception
BACKGROUND: Empathy is one of the most important communication skills in clinical practice, specifically in the field of oncology. Empathic competences have a significant meaning for caring and therapeutic relations in nurses’ responsibilities. Clinical empathy brings positive performance, thus pati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29950822 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S156441 |
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author | Rohani, Camelia Sedaghati Kesbakhi, Maryam Mohtashami, Jamileh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Empathy is one of the most important communication skills in clinical practice, specifically in the field of oncology. Empathic competences have a significant meaning for caring and therapeutic relations in nurses’ responsibilities. Clinical empathy brings positive performance, thus patients’ emotions are perceived and expressed more easily. Clinical empathy is contextual, interpersonal and affective, but it is also difficult to study. Awareness of oncology nurses’ perception of this phenomenon might help them to plan for more effective patient-centered consultations within interventional programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the content of clinical empathy with cancer patients from the perspective of oncology nurses. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this qualitative study, 15 oncology nurses were selected by purposive sampling. A semi-structured face-to-face interview was conducted with each of the participants. After data collection, all interviews were transcribed and reviewed, and then primary codes, sub-categories and categories were extracted. The data were analyzed with the conventional content analysis method by MAXQDA 10 software. RESULTS: Clinical empathy showed a composite construct with five main categories, including co-presence (physical and emotional presence), metacognition (self-awareness of mental processes), perception (knowing about awareness of individuals), inherent (genetic) and didactic (instructive) nature. CONCLUSION: Clinical empathy as an effective strategy can be taught through three areas of “co-presence”, “metacognition” and “perception” in the context of cancer care. Thus, clinical empathy should be considered as one of the competency standards which can be taught to oncology nurses. |
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spelling | pubmed-60165902018-06-27 Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception Rohani, Camelia Sedaghati Kesbakhi, Maryam Mohtashami, Jamileh Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research BACKGROUND: Empathy is one of the most important communication skills in clinical practice, specifically in the field of oncology. Empathic competences have a significant meaning for caring and therapeutic relations in nurses’ responsibilities. Clinical empathy brings positive performance, thus patients’ emotions are perceived and expressed more easily. Clinical empathy is contextual, interpersonal and affective, but it is also difficult to study. Awareness of oncology nurses’ perception of this phenomenon might help them to plan for more effective patient-centered consultations within interventional programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the content of clinical empathy with cancer patients from the perspective of oncology nurses. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this qualitative study, 15 oncology nurses were selected by purposive sampling. A semi-structured face-to-face interview was conducted with each of the participants. After data collection, all interviews were transcribed and reviewed, and then primary codes, sub-categories and categories were extracted. The data were analyzed with the conventional content analysis method by MAXQDA 10 software. RESULTS: Clinical empathy showed a composite construct with five main categories, including co-presence (physical and emotional presence), metacognition (self-awareness of mental processes), perception (knowing about awareness of individuals), inherent (genetic) and didactic (instructive) nature. CONCLUSION: Clinical empathy as an effective strategy can be taught through three areas of “co-presence”, “metacognition” and “perception” in the context of cancer care. Thus, clinical empathy should be considered as one of the competency standards which can be taught to oncology nurses. Dove Medical Press 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6016590/ /pubmed/29950822 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S156441 Text en © 2018 Rohani et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Rohani, Camelia Sedaghati Kesbakhi, Maryam Mohtashami, Jamileh Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title | Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title_full | Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title_fullStr | Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title_short | Clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
title_sort | clinical empathy with cancer patients: a content analysis of oncology nurses’ perception |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29950822 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S156441 |
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