Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-qsmjn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T13:25:08.097Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Staff grief and support systems for Japanese health care professionals working in palliative care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2009

Kaori Shimoinaba ,
Margaret O'Connor ,
Susan Lee  and
Judi Greaves
Kaori Shimoinaba*
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Margaret O'Connor
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Susan Lee
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Judi Greaves
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Kaori Shimoinaba, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, PO Box 527, Frankston VIC 3166Australia. E-mail: kaori.shimoinaba@med.monash.edu.au
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Objective:

This article is a literature report on grief issues for health care professionals, undertaken to identify Japanese nurses' grief experience when they work in palliative care units. Health care professionals' grief experience and its impact have not been well understood or identified as a significant issue in Japan.

Methods:

Published articles relating to this study were searched using electronic catalogues such as CINAHL and PsycINFO, books, and research publications. Key words used for the search were “grief,” “palliative care,” “nurse,” “staff support,” and “Japan.” Both English and Japanese were used for the literature search in order to collect information regarding nurses' grief and support systems in Japan and elsewhere. The literature search covered the period 1990–2006 inclusive.

Results:

This article explores these issues in the literature as preparation for establishing a study that will particularly look at the influence of nurses' grief on the quality of care provided.

Significance of results:

Consideration of Japanese culture as it relates to death and dying and to nursing culture is a significant part of this work.

Keywords

JapanGriefPalliative careCultureStaff support
Type
Review Articles
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 245 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Adams, J.P., Hershatter, M.J. & Moritz, D.A. (1991). Accumulated loss phenomenon among hospice caregivers. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 8, 29–37.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Collins, S. (2003). Working with the psychological effects of trauma: Consequences for mental health-care workers—A literature review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 10, 417–424.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Doka, K.J. (2002). Disenfranchised Grief: New Directions, Challenges, and Strategies for Practice. Champaign, IL: Research Press.Google Scholar
Figley, C.R. (1995). Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized. New York: Brunner-Routledge.Google Scholar
Gray, R. & Smedley, N. (1998). Assessing primary nursing in mental health. Nursing Standard, 12, 35–38.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hayhurst, L. (2005). Compassion fatigue: Loss, grief and professional functioning. Nursing Review, 10, 8–9.Google Scholar
Jenkins, S.R. & Baird, S. (2002). Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma: A validational study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15, 423–432.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jones, A. (2001). Some experiences of professional practice and beneficial changes derived from clinical supervision by community Macmillan nurses. European Journal of Cancer Care, 10, 21–30.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kaplan, L.J. (2000). Toward a model of caregiver grief: Nurses' experiences of treating dying children. Omega, 41, 187–206.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kashiwagi, T. (1992). Hospice Care Manual for Nurses. Tokyo: Kanahara Shuppan [Japanese].Google Scholar
Kashiwagi, T. (1999 a). Nihonniokeru Kanwakeabyoutou-no Rekishi-to Genzai [The history and the fact of pallaitive care in Japan]. Japanese Journal of Nursing [KANGO], 51, 24–28.Google Scholar
Kashiwagi, T. (1999 b). Palliative care in Japan. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (2nd ed.), Doyle, D., Hanks, G.W.C., & MacDonald, N. (eds.), pp. 797–798. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Keidel, G.C. (2002). Burnout and compassion fatigue among hospice caregivers. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 19, 200–205.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Mallett, K., Price, J., Jurs, S.G., et al. (1991). Relationships among burnout, death anxiety, and social support in hospice and critical care nurses. Psychological Reports, 68, 1347–1359.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Marino, P.A. (1998). The effects of cumulative grief in the nurse. Journal of IV Nursing, 21, 101–104.Google ScholarPubMed
Matsushima, T., Akabayashi, A. & Nishitateno, K. (2002). The current status of bereavement follow-up in hospice and palliative care in Japan. Palliative Medicine, 16, 151–158.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare. (2004). A Survey Report Regarding End of Life Care. Tykyo: Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare (in Japanese).Google Scholar
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. (2006). Statistical Handbook of Japan. Tykyo: Statistics Bureau & Statistical Research and Training Institute (in Japanese).Google Scholar
Papadatou, D. (2000). A proposed model of health professionals' grieving process. Omega, 41, 59–77.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Papadatou, D., Papazoglou, I., Bellali, T., et al. (2002). Greek nurse and physician grief as a result of caring for children dying of cancer. Pediatric Nursing, 28, 345–353.Google ScholarPubMed
Rando, T.A. (1984). Grief, Dying, and Death: Clinical Interventions for Caregivers. Champaign, IL: Research Press Company.Google Scholar
Rando, T.A. (2000). Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning: Theory and Practice in Working with the Dying, Their Loved Ones, and Their Caregivers. Champaign, IL: Research Press.Google Scholar
Remen, R. (1996). Kitchen Table Wisdom. New York: Riverhead Books.Google Scholar
Renzenbrink, I. (2005). Staff support: Whose responsibility? Grief Matters, 8, 13–17.Google Scholar
Sakaguchi, Y., Tsuneto, S., Takayama, K., et al. (2004). Tasks perceived as necessary for hospic and palliative care unit bereavement services in Japan. Journal of Palliative Care, 20, 320–323.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sherman, D.W. (2004). Nurses' stress and burnout. American Journal of Nursing, 104, 48–56.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Shimoinaba, K. (2001). Issues for Nurses Caring for Palliative Care Patients in Japan. Melbourne: Monash University.Google Scholar
Stamm, B.H. (2005). The ProQOL Manual, The Professional Quality of Life Scale: Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout & Compassion Fatigue/Secondary Trauma Scales. Baltimore, MD: Sidran Press.Google Scholar
Vachon, M.L.S. (1995). Staff stress in hospice/palliative care: A review. Palliative Medicine, 9, 91–122.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Valente, S.M. & Saunders, J.M. (2002). Nurses' grief reactions to a patient's suicide. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 38, 5–14.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Wakefield, A. (2000). Nurses' responses to death and dying: A need for relentless self-care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 6–5, 245–251.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Welfare Science Research Team. (2001). The Present Condition of hospice/palliative care unit and Future Perspectives. Tokyo: Welfare Science Research Team (in Japanese).Google Scholar
Yassen, J. (1995). Preventing secondary traumatic stress disorder. In Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized, Figley, C.R. (ed.), pp. 178–208. New York: Brunner-Routledge.Google Scholar