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While emotions are an intrinsic part of their encounters with patients and relatives, the role of clinicians\u2019 own emotions has remained understudied.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We aimed to explore how palliative care clinicians use their emotions during end-of-life care consultations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a qualitative study using individual interviews with palliative care clinicians from different backgrounds and countries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-two palliative care clinicians from 10 different countries participated: two psychologists, four social workers, five nurses, and 11 physicians. Fourteen were women. Participants had an average age of 45\u00a0years and 13\u00a0years of palliative care experience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Approach<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed the data using a social constructivist grounded theory approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The process of using emotions could be understood as a three-phase process which was set off by a difficult end-of-life encounter (e.g., ethical dilemmas or conflicts, confrontations with the emotions of patients\/relatives) that triggered a strong emotion. Subsequently, clinicians became aware of the specific emotion via its physiological and\/or psychological cues. Secondly, an assessment of the appropriateness of sharing the emotion followed, in which facilitators and barriers (e.g., the self-perceived level of emotional skills, the feeling of safety in the team) interplayed, influencing the clinicians to, in a final phase, decide to share their own emotions in a verbal and\/or non-verbal way. All phases of the process were interconnected by the shared value of using emotions to build connection, the core category of the theory.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings suggest that palliative care clinicians use their strong emotions during consultations to build connection. When met with awareness and reflection, these emotions can serve as a valuable resource for delivering patient- and relationship-centered palliative care. Future research should explore clinicians\u2019 training needs and attitudes towards emotional skills training more broadly.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11606-026-10395-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,15]],"date-time":"2026-06-15T16:03:46Z","timestamp":1781539426000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Connecting Through Emotions: A Social Constructivist Grounded Theory on How Palliative Care Clinicians Use Their Emotions During Consultations"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"Katrien","family":"Moens","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johan","family":"Bilsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sofia C.","family":"Zambrano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"10395_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"92","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.325.7355.92","volume":"325","author":"M Von Korff","year":"2002","unstructured":"Von Korff M, Glasgow RE, Sharpe M. 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