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Preferred term

Compassion Fatigue  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.

Entry terms

  • Secondary Trauma
  • Secondary Traumatic Stress
  • Secondary Traumatization
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Vicarious Traumatization

In other languages

  • French

  • Fatigue compassionnelle
  • Fatigue de compassion
  • Stress traumatique secondaire
  • Stress vicariant
  • Traumatisation secondaire
  • Traumatisme par procuration
  • Traumatisme secondaire
  • Traumatisme vicariant

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XHLNW3BV-R

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