More people are showing up in hospitals with advanced, incurable cancers and it’s taking a toll on the doctors who care for them. Some palliative care doctors and nurses say they’re burned out because more patients face incurable cancers. This week, a Leger survey for the Conference Board of Canada suggested 97 per cent of 200 doctors and nurses who provide direct patient care in hospitals reported fatigue and burnout have increased in their workplace. Batist leads the cancer centre and says he felt stuck between physicians who were frustrated that their colleague wasn’t picking up shifts, and the colleague going through rehabilitation feeling hostility. Canadians often say they’d prefer to receive palliative care at home rather than in hospital.

Source: CBC News December 18, 2021 18:50 UTC