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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000068376
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000068376
Preferred Name

Compassion Fatigue

Definitions
Emotional distress caused by repeated or prolonged expression of compassion or empathy. It may occur in individuals working in care giving professions.
Synonyms
Secondary Traumas
Secondary Trauma
Traumatizations, Secondary
Vicarious Trauma
Secondary Traumatization
Stresses, Secondary Traumatic
Secondary Traumatic Stress
Traumatization, Vicarious
Traumatization, Secondary
Traumas, Secondary
Vicarious Traumas
Trauma, Secondary
Stress, Secondary Traumatic
Traumatic Stress, Secondary
Vicarious Traumatization
Traumas, Vicarious
Secondary Traumatizations
Fatigue, Compassion
Trauma, Vicarious
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