Compassion Fatigue: What Is the Level Among Army Chaplains?

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Stewart, Della W ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Army chaplains; compassion fatigue; occupational stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857179397     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2012.640574     Document Type: Article

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