Risk of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout and Potential for Compassion Satisfaction Among Employee Assistance Professionals: Protecting the Workforce

Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 64-72

  Jacobson, Jodi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; compassion fatigue; compassion satisfaction; coping; employee assistance program (EAP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866103163     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765611431833     Document Type: Article

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