Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue by Austin, Wendy
Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue by Austin, Wendy

Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue

Compassion fatigue from the perspective of insiders in caregiving roles First used to describe the weariness the...
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Author: Wendy Austin
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Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue by Austin, Wendy

Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue

$143.40
Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue by Austin, Wendy

Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow: Canadian Health Professionalsa Experience of Compassion Fatigue

$143.40
Author: Wendy Austin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Compassion fatigue from the perspective of insiders in caregiving roles

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name--along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress--the condition of caregivers who become "too tired to care." Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is increasingly understood as a threat to the well-being of those who offer it.

Through the lens of hermeneutic phenomenology, the authors present an insider's perspective on compassion fatigue, its effects on the body, on the experience of time and space, and on personal and professional relationships. Accounts of health professionals, alongside examinations of poetry, images, movies, and literature, are used to explore the notions of compassion, hope, and hopelessness as they inform the meaning of caring work. The authors frame their exposé of compassion fatigue with the very Canadian metaphor of "lying down in the snow." If suffering is imagined as ever-falling snow, then the need for training and resources for safe journeying in "winter country" becomes apparent. Recognizing the phenomenon of compassion fatigue reveals the role that health services education and the moral habitability of our healthcare environments play in supporting professionals' ability to act compassionately and to endure.



Author: Wendy Austin, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 04/23/2013
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781554588886

About the Author
Austin, Wendy: - The authors are Wendy Austin, Canada Research Chair (Relational Ethics), E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, Linda Kreitzer, and Brendan Leier. Scholars and/or clinicians situated primarily at the University of Alberta (Kreitzer, University of Calgary), they form an interdisciplinary group (anthropology, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, philosophy, psychology, and social work) with a deep interest in ethical, compassionate health care and the well-being of those who provide it.
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