European journal of cancer care
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Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) · Sep 2019
Running on empathy: Relationship of empathy to compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in cancer healthcare professionals.
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship of empathy and professional quality of life in cancer healthcare professionals. ⋯ These findings suggest that healthcare professionals working in cancer care are at risk of compassion fatigue. Also, healthcare professionals working in cancer care experience personal distress that may impact negatively on professional quality of life. Implications for practice include a need to identify those HCPs who are at risk of compassion fatigue. The implication for further research suggests further exploration of the impact of personal distress felt by cancer healthcare professionals during empathic engagement.