Burnout and compassion fatigue: The case of professional nurses in primary health care facilities in the free state province, South Africa

Psychology of Burnout: Predictors and Coping Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-38

  Engelbrecht, Michelle ^a   van den Berg, Henriëtte ^a   Bester, Coen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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