Stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and mental health in hospice workers in Minnesota

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1534-1539

  Whitebird, Robin R ^a   Asche, Stephen E ^a   Thompson, Gretchen L ^b   Rossom, Rebecca ^a   Heinrich, Richard ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Allina Home Care and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890399271     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0202     Document Type: Article

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