Identifying the risk of compassion fatigue, improving compassion satisfaction and building resilience in emergency medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-108

  Crowe, Liz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPASSION FATIGUE; COMPASSION SATISFACTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SHIFT WORKER; STAFF TRAINING; EMPATHY; ETIOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMPASSION FATIGUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMPATHY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84957439713     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12535     Document Type: Article

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