Witness to suffering: Mindfulness and compassion fatigue among traumatic bereavement volunteers and Professionals

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Thieleman, Kara ^a   Cacciatore, Joanne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; compassion fatigue; mindfulness; secondary traumatic stress; traumatic bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; BURNOUT; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84893820690     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swt044     Document Type: Review

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