Prevalence, causes and consequences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in emergency care: A mixed-methods study of UK NHS Consultants

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 588-594

  Dasan, Sunil ^a   Gohil, Poonam ^b   Cornelius, Victoria ^c   Taylor, Cath ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b King's College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPASSION FATIGUE; COMPASSION SATISFACTION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPATHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE; BURNOUT; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMPASSION FATIGUE; CONSULTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937824999     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-203671     Document Type: Article

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