Eva Ericson-Lidman

TL;DR: Key factors that generate stress of conscience are identified, including difficulties with balancing priorities and following rules and recommendations that seem contrary to best care, and the need for interdisciplinary teamwork.

TL;DR: It can be burdensome for HCP to be unable to realise their ambitions to provide good care, and sex/gender can be an important factor to consider in the development of measures against the negative effects of stress of conscience.

TL;DR: Results show that perceiving one’s conscience as a burden, having feelings of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and noticing disturbing conflicts between co-workers were positively associated with stress of conscience, suggesting that downsizing and increased workloads can negatively affect healthcare personnel.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the meaning of being a co-worker, supervisor and closely connected to a person developing burnout, and describe perceptions of signs preceding burnout.

TL;DR: The analysis revealed that participants were struggling to perform person-centred care, which meant trying to see the person behind the disease, dealing with troublesome situations in the daily care, a two-edged interaction with relatives, feelings of shortcomings and troubled conscience, and the need for improvements in dementia care.