Interventions to manage compassion fatigue in oncology nursing

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Aycock, Nancy ^a   Boyle, Deborah ^b  

^a St Dominic Hospital   (United States)

^b BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING;

EID: 68549136651     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.183-191     Document Type: Article

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