Palliative care provided to frail and dying older persons in nursing homes results in intense emotions for residents and their relatives as well as for healthcare professionals. In France, scant attention has been given to how nursing home professionals manage their emotions when providing palliative care. This study analysed the emotional demands of providing palliative care in the nursing home context, the emotional strategies used by healthcare professionals to navigate such demands, and how these demands affect their emotional wellbeing.
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