title: The wounded healer archetype: applications to palliative care practice.
abstract: This paper explores the theoretical roots of the wounded healer archetype and the shadow side of the wounded healer. Our emphasis is on reflectivity as a means of expanding self-understanding and clinical consultation as a way of enhancing reflectivity. A case vignette presented in this article is taken from the clinical practice of one of the authors (KP), who, literally and figuratively, lives the role of wounded healer.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont Department of Nursing, Burlington, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laskowski
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pellicore
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003379:Countertransference; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations