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Psychosocial challenges of Ukrainian healthcare professionals in wartime: Addressing the need for management support

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  • Sydorenko, Anastasiia Yuriivna
  • Kiel, Lennart
  • Spindler, Helle

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The Russian-Ukrainian war has placed healthcare professionals (HPs) in Ukraine in a position of heightened responsibility and vulnerability. This study aimed to evaluate HPs' perceptions of the war's impact on their work, their expectations regarding management recognition of their situation, and to assess levels of psychological safety and incidents of bullying within their teams.

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  • Sydorenko, Anastasiia Yuriivna & Kiel, Lennart & Spindler, Helle, 2025. "Psychosocial challenges of Ukrainian healthcare professionals in wartime: Addressing the need for management support," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 364(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:364:y:2025:i:c:s0277953624009584
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117504
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