Exploring the resilience of ICU medical social workers in Singapore's end-of-life care settings

• Main Author: Tan, Xavierlyn Zi Jie
• Other Authors: Ho Hau Yan Andy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141873
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is known for its higher mortality rates relative to other wards in a hospital. Apart from having greater exposure to deaths, ICU healthcare professionals also experience high occupational stresses and are more vulnerable to burnout. For ICU medical social workers, this...