Reposting this.
Hot take: I dislike the term "compassion fatigue".
Loss of compassion is a version of depersonalization that arises in burnout. Compassionate acts provide high rewards and do not destroy us.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1891/CRNR-D-19-00086?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
Hot take: I dislike the term "compassion fatigue".
Loss of compassion is a version of depersonalization that arises in burnout. Compassionate acts provide high rewards and do not destroy us.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1891/CRNR-D-19-00086?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
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Published in:Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2009, v. 12, n. 8, p. 739, doi. 10.1089/jpm.2009.9577By:Marr, Lisa