Have you ever wondered, “Do I care too much?” Do you leave the hospital or clinic exhausted and carrying the burden of the daily office stresses coupled with a tiring sense of emotional connection to your patients, your clients, and staff? Veterinary medicine has been well recognized as one of the most caring of all professions. This responsibility ot care for both the client and the patient, in combination with changes that we are presently experiencing in the veterinary world, has led us to a place where we experience the “cost” of this care. The “cost of caring,” as termed by Charles Figley, is a well-defined condition in the human medical literature known as “compassion fatigue.”1 Veterinarians are likely at great risk to experience this condition as a result of the nature of the work we do, the circumstances of...
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July/August 2002
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July 01 2002
Understanding Compassion Fatigue: Keys for the Caring Veterinary Healthcare Team
Kathy L. Mitchener, DVM;
Kathy L. Mitchener, DVM
MedVet Memphis (Mitchener), 830 North Germantown Parkway, Cordova, Tennessee 38018 and the
Animal Cancer Center (Ogilvie), Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology Internal Medicine)
Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology Internal Medicine)
MedVet Memphis (Mitchener), 830 North Germantown Parkway, Cordova, Tennessee 38018 and the
Animal Cancer Center (Ogilvie), Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
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J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (2002) 38 (4): 307–310.
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Kathy L. Mitchener, Gregory K. Ogilvie; Understanding Compassion Fatigue: Keys for the Caring Veterinary Healthcare Team. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1 July 2002; 38 (4): 307–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.5326/0380307
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