Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Sophie Durand-Viel
University Hospital of Besancon, France
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediat Therapeut
As healthcare workers, we often have been educated to mistrust our emotions when they arise in our daily practice. Emotions are mostly seen as disturbing elements, having negative impact on our professional skills and ability to make good decisions. We have been educated to deal with our emotions, to manage them, to repress them, in order to neutralize them and to stay intellectually efficient. However, we all experiment times when our emotions are so intense, that no rational thinking is possible. How can avoid repressing our emotions without being overwhelmed by them? I would like to offer a different perspective of emotions: to consider them as important messengers giving us information about changes in our environment, warning us that we need to adapt our behavior. Understanding what triggers anger, sadness, fear and joy gives us clarity about ourselves, personally and professionally. It gives us the opportunity to adapt ourselves to others in relationships and moreover, to adjust the way we take care of our patients. Noticing the emergence of emotions, when we are analyzing a patient�s situation, or when medical decisions have to be taken, can be the first warning of an increasingly complex situation. Tensions based on ethical problems are not merely intellectual in nature. These tensions often arise from our affect and reveal themselves through our emotions. Therefore, understanding emotions leads us to improve ourselves in relationships with our colleagues and in the way we take care of our patients.
Email: sophiebdv@outlook.fr