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Compassion Satisfaction — SCE Palliative Medicine MCQ

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HardPsychological & PsychiatricCompassion SatisfactionSCE Palliative Medicine

A hospice team reports manageable caseload volume, supportive colleagues and clear roles, but rigid rostering removes discretion over pace, breaks and how clinical work is organised. Under the HSE Management Standards, which domain and response best match the principal stress risk?

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Correct answer: A — Control — restore discretion over pacing, breaks and methods of work

The deficient domain is Control: HSE defines it as how much say people have in the way they work and explicitly includes pace, use of initiative, breaks and consultation over work patterns. The stem makes demands, support, role and relationships relatively intact, so interventions directed chiefly at those domains do not target the identified organisational hazard. The HSE tool informs risk assessment and should be combined with other workforce data rather than treated as an individual diagnosis.

Reference: Health and Safety Executive: What are the Management Standards?. https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/overview.htm Health and Safety Executive Management Standard: Control. https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/standards/control.htm