Secondary traumatic stress and oncology social work: Protecting compassion from fatigue and compromising the worker's worldview

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Simon, Cassandra E ^a   Pryce, Josephine G ^a   Roff, Lucinda L ^a   Klemmack, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncology; Secondary traumatic stress; Social work; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33744952082     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v23n04_01     Document Type: Article

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