Participate in High-Conflict Meetings? Here are 7 Action Steps to Reduce Your Emotional Hangover

I hate it when my meetings give me a headache

As an ethicist, high-conflict meetings are my bread and butter. I spend many hours every week addressing goals of care around death and dying, conflicts between clinicians, and moral distress among staff. I love this work. I’m also really good at it, which means I get asked to help with harder and harder cases.

In healthcare spaces, we may encounter hig…