Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout: Reactions among employee assistance professionals providing workplace crisis intervention and disaster management services

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 133-152

  Jacobson, Jodi ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Compassion satisfaction; Coping; Crisis intervention; Employee assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845714592     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J490v21n03_08     Document Type: Article

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