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Archive > November, 2004 Vol. V, No. 11

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Compassion Fatigue?

Charles R. Figley, PhD

Have any of your employees or colleagues developed trouble concentrating, become more negative or absent than usual, been unusually obsessed with details or certain patients, or started avoiding tasks altogether? If so, they may be suffering from compassion fatigue.

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