title: [Shedding tears in hospitals - a survey of medical staff and students].
abstract: A questionnaire was used to investigate the crying behavior of medical personnel and medical students in Austrian hospitals. The results from 275 respondents show that shedding tears occurs relatively frequently. Main reasons were dying patients and having to give bad news. Explicitly negative reactions are rare. Attitudes towards crying are generally tolerant, although physicians tend to be more restrictive/(reserved?).
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung Arbeitsmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hladschik-Kermer
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kropiunigg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001317:Austria; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology*; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires