Professional quality of life and burnout among medical physicists working in radiation oncology: The role of alexithymia and empathy

Background and purpose: The professional quality of life of radiation oncology professionals can be influenced by different contributing factors, including personality traits. Alexithymia involves deficits in emotion processing and awareness. Empathy is the ability to understand another’s ‘state of...

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Published in:	Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Main Authors:	Marialaura Di Tella, Valentina Tesio, Jenny Bertholet, Anne Gasnier, Elisabet Gonzalez del Portillo, Mateusz Spalek, Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Gerben Borst, Wouter Van Elmpt, Daniela Thorwarth, Laura Mullaney, Kathrine Røe Redalen, Ludwig Dubois, Cyrus Chargari, Sophie Perryck, Steven Petit, Myriam Lybeer, Lorys Castelli, Pierfrancesco Franco
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-07-01
Subjects:	Burnout Professional quality of life Empathy Personality Radiation oncology professionals Medical physicist
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240563162030035X