title: [The emotions of oncologists].
abstract: Emotions are parts of organizational reality to an ever increasing extent. Importantly, they are not just tools in the hand of healthcare workers to achieve better physician / healthcare professional-to-patient interactions but intrinsic processes and characteristics with psychic, cognitive and somatic actions. For a thorough investigation of the issue, a PANAS-X questionnaire was used to examine the emotions of 187 physicians and other healthcare professionals, all engaged in oncology, in 2009. The research succeeded in exploring the overall emotional state oncology professionals had assumed in relation with their job as well as enabled the authors of this study to draw the respondents' emotional map and assess their fundamental emotional attitudes. Furthermore, the authors managed to identify groups of respondents that had felt more intense positive, and/or less intense negative emotions that are socially accepted than others. They included those of senior experienced oncologists, males, individuals with families, childless individuals, ward workers, and skilled professionals. According to the findings, the range of emotions an oncologist experiences / feels intently during his everyday work is dependent upon a great number of factors.
authors.affiliation: Magatartástudományi Intézet, Debreceni Egyetem OEC, Debrecen, Hungary. kornelia.lazanyi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kornélia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lazányi
authors.forename: Péter
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authors.lastname: Molnár
authors.forename: Antal
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authors.lastname: Bugán
authors.forename: Csongor
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authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: János
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authors.lastname: Szántó
authors.forename: Andrea
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authors.lastname: Gonda
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authors.lastname: Tóth
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authors.lastname: Hernádi
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authors.lastname: Hadijev
authors.forename: Eva
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authors.lastname: Remenyik
authors.forename: László
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authors.lastname: Damjanovich
authors.forename: Tamás
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authors.lastname: Dinya
authors.forename: Tibor
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authors.lastname: Flaskó
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authors.lastname: Bágyi
authors.forename: Kornélia
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires