Compassion and self-compassion in medicine: Self-care for the caregiver

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 87-91

  Mills, Jason ^a   Chapman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPASSION; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SELF CARE; SELF COMPASSION; WELLBEING;

EID: 84973115937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2016.2583     Document Type: Editorial

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