"Tired of caring": The impact of caring on resident doctors

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 105-112

  Huggard, Peter ^a   Dixon, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Compassion satisfaction; Physicians; Vicarious trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867613097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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