Open AccessCompassion Fatigue and Burnout Amongst Clinicians: A Medical Exploratory Study
Author(s) -
Jaikrit Bhutani,
Sukriti Bhutani,
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara,
Sanjay Kalra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.108206
Subject(s) - compassion fatigue , burnout , medicine , clinical psychology , compassion , psychology , political science , law
Compassion fatigue is a broad term comprising of two components - burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The current study is aimed at identifying 'burnout' and 'compassion fatigue' among clinicians involved in care of individuals suffering from medical illness.