Understanding compassion fatigue: Understanding compassion

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2041-2050

  Ledoux, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compassion; Compassion fatigue; Discussion paper; Moral distress; Nurse patient therapeutic relationship; Nursing

Indexed keywords

COMPASSION FATIGUE; HUMAN;

COMPASSION FATIGUE; HUMANS;

EID: 84938747614     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12686     Document Type: Article

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