In professions requiring emotional investment and exposure to others’ struggles, terms like compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma often come up. While these conditions share some similarities, they ...

Compassion and empathy also differ in the effects they have. Compassion tends to be based on taking action, whereas empathy is rooted in feeling. Because compassion is action-based, people are more ...

We thank those who help and care for others. Who will help them? Medical staff—including doctors, nurses, midwives, veterinarians, and their accompanying colleagues—deal daily with the ecstasies and ...

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