Back to Search
Start Over
Clinician Self-Disclosure in Palliative Care: Describing a Taxonomy and Proposing a Communication Tool.
- Source :
-
The American journal of hospice & palliative care [Am J Hosp Palliat Care] 2023 Sep; Vol. 40 (9), pp. 987-993. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03. - Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- While patient self-disclosure is expected and necessary in the clinical setting, clinicians generally minimize their own self-disclosure, a practice largely guided by the boundaries of the fiduciary relationship. At the same time, many clinicians can recall a time when they made a self-disclosure to a patient, and it seemed to benefit the treatment relationship, if not the treatment itself. We reviewed literature from a variety of fields describing opinions, theories and limited data about the effects of clinician self-disclosure. Based on our findings, we posit that clinician self-disclosure has the potential to be a beneficial communication tool in palliative medicine, but like any intervention, it is not without risks. Thus, we propose a potential strategy to guide clinicians in thinking about self-disclosures.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1938-2715
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The American journal of hospice & palliative care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36734668
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091231154228