The unbearable fatigue of compassion: Notes from a substance abuse counselor who dreams of working at Starbuck's

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Fahy, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion fatigue; Secondary trauma; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547893891     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-007-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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