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Céline Bourquin1, Friedrich Stiefel, Pascal Singy
1Psychiatric Liaison Service, Lausanne University Hospital, Les Allières, 1011, Lausanne, CHUV, Switzerland, celine.bourquin@chuv.ch.
Abstract:
This commentary came from within the framework of integrating the humanities in medicine and from accompanying research on disease-related issues by teams involving clinicians and researchers in medical humanities. The purpose is to reflect on the challenges faced by researchers when conducting emotionally laden research and on how they impact observations and subsequent research findings. This commentary is furthermore a call to action since it promotes the institutionalization of a supportive context for medical humanities researchers who have not been trained to cope with sensitive medical topics in research. To that end, concrete recommendations regarding training and supervision were formulated.
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