Compassion fatigue in the treatment of combat-related trauma during wartime

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-192

  Tyson, Jeni ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat trauma; Compassion fatigue; PTSD; Shared trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547886541     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-007-0095-3     Document Type: Article

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