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The administration of care is the essence and hallmark of the health professions. Caring without compassion deteriorates the professional and his or her work with the sick person. Compassion fatigue generates disinterest in the... Read more

Both phenomena, compassion fatigue and burnout, have been studied, together with secondary traumatic stress, as very influential concepts in health professionals, and several theoretical models have attempted to fit these const... Read more

Compassion Fatigue is considered a progressive syndrome, with characteristics similar to those of other stress disorders, such as secondary post-traumatic stress disorder or vicarious trauma, these are :

1. Emotional reconnec... Read more

The high level of complexity, technification and bureaucratisation of our current healthcare system means that nursing professionals are highly occupied with the tasks that this entails, while the possibility of meeting the sic... Read more