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Humanitarian Love in Values-Based Practice and Health Professionals' Psychosocial Outcomes: Systematic Literature
Agapi L Batiridou1, Elena Dragioti1, Stefanos Mantzoukas2
1Research Laboratory of Psychology of Patients, Families and Health Professionals, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Humanitarian love positively impacts healthcare professionals by reducing burnout and enhancing patient care. Embracing this value is key for effective, values-based practice in healthcare.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Ethics
- Psychosocial Well-being
- Nursing Values
Background:
- Humanitarian love is an under-explored value in nursing literature.
- Genuine, humane interactions in healthcare necessitate understanding core values.
- This study investigates humanitarian love's role and psychosocial impact on health professionals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the concept of humanitarian love within healthcare.
- To assess the psychosocial impact of humanitarian love on health professionals.
- To advocate for humanitarian love as a foundational value in values-based practice.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature search across CINAHL, PubMed Central, and Scopus.
- Inclusion of English-language studies published up to September 8, 2024.
- Two independent reviewers performed screening, data extraction, and bias assessment.
Main Results:
- Sixteen articles with 2045 participants were included.
- Humanitarian love lacks a consistent definition, often confused with empathy and compassion.
- Self-directed humanitarian love improves professional well-being and care quality; patient-directed love reduces burnout and compassion fatigue.
Conclusions:
- Humanitarian love can significantly enhance healthcare professionals' psychosocial well-being.
- It holds potential as a core value in values-based healthcare practice.
- Further research is needed due to limited study numbers and heterogeneity.
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