Compassion Fatigue: An Application of the Concept to Informal Caregivers of Family Members with Dementia

Introduction. Compassion fatigue is a concept used with increasing frequency in the nursing literature. The objective of this paper is to identify common themes across the literature and to apply these themes, and an existing model of compassion fatigue, to informal caregivers for family members wit...

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Main Authors: Jennifer R. Day, Ruth A. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/408024