Compassion Fatigue: Considerations for Working with the Elderly

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-62

  Leon, Ana M ^a   Altholz, Judith A S ^b   Dziegielewski, Sophia F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Elderly and burnout; Secondary traumatic stress disorder; Social work burnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645529684     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v32n01_04     Document Type: Article

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