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Descriptor English: Compassion Fatigue
Descriptor Spanish: Desgaste por Empatía
Descriptor fatiga por compasión
Scope note: Estrés emocional causado por la expresión repetida o prolongada de compasión o empatía. Suele darse en individuos que trabajan en profesiones de prestación de cuidados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fadiga de Compaixão
Descriptor French: Usure de compassion
Entry term(s): Fatigue, Compassion
Secondary Trauma
Secondary Traumas
Secondary Traumatic Stress
Secondary Traumatization
Secondary Traumatizations
Stress, Secondary Traumatic
Stresses, Secondary Traumatic
Trauma, Secondary
Trauma, Vicarious
Traumas, Secondary
Traumas, Vicarious
Traumatic Stress, Secondary
Traumatization, Secondary
Traumatization, Vicarious
Traumatizations, Secondary
Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious Traumas
Vicarious Traumatization
Tree number(s): C23.888.369.500.500
F01.145.126.937.500
F01.145.126.990.734.500
F02.830.900.666.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000068376
Scope note: Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2016
History Note: 2016
Related: Burnout, Professional MeSH
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic MeSH
DeCS ID: 55852
Unique ID: D000068376
NLM Classification: WA 495
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/06
Revision Date: 2016/10/14
Compassion Fatigue - Preferred
Concept UI M000602637
Scope note Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.
Preferred term Compassion Fatigue
Entry term(s) Fatigue, Compassion
Secondary Trauma
Secondary Traumas
Secondary Traumatic Stress
Secondary Traumatization
Secondary Traumatizations
Stress, Secondary Traumatic
Stresses, Secondary Traumatic
Trauma, Secondary
Trauma, Vicarious
Traumas, Secondary
Traumas, Vicarious
Traumatic Stress, Secondary
Traumatization, Secondary
Traumatization, Vicarious
Traumatizations, Secondary
Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious Traumas
Vicarious Traumatization



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