Building Resilience in Social Workers: An Exploratory Study on the Impacts of a Mindfulness-based Intervention

Australian Social Work

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 17-29

  Crowder, Rachael ^a   Sears, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Compassion Fatigue; Mindfulness; Professional Practice; Resilience; Stress Reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982812054     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2016.1203965     Document Type: Article

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