Compassion fatigue and burnout amongst clinicians: a medical exploratory study.

The symptoms of STS are usually rapid in onset and associated with a particular event.[ 2 ] Up to one third of practicing clinicians could be expected to be suffering from burn out if assessed cross-sectionally.[ 3 ] More importantly there has been an increasing trend in the emotional exhaustion of clinicians over the years.[ 4 ] The issue assumes a greater significance in context of clinicians involved in care of individuals diagnosed with medical illness.

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