When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue in Family Physicians-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

When Helping Hurts: Compassion Fatigue in Family Physicians

Published:2022-06-29 Issue: Volume: Page:16-19
ISSN:2576-1897
Container-title:Medical Journal of Southern California Clinicians
language:en
Short-container-title:MJSCC

Author:

Kamajian Steven¹

Affiliation:

1. Westminster Free Clinic and Community Care Center

Abstract

The concept of compassion fatigue (CF) has evolved since 1992. It has been described as the natural consequence of working with traumatized clients or those who have experienced extremely stressful events in tandem with the level of empathy practitioners have for such clients. CF is a state of tension and preoccupation with the individual or cumulative trauma of clients. This article reviews standard CF progression for stressed physicians along with burnout differentiation, CF symptom identification, and preventative management strategies.

Publisher

The Medical Journal of Southern California Clinicians

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Polymers and Plastics,Business and International Management

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