Social Work in the Department of Defense Hospital
Impact of the Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2501237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan C Beder, Joan Beder (Yeshiva University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 132-148 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1527-8565 • E-ISSN: 2331-4125 |
| Publisher | IUPUI University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18060/1866 |
| OpenAlex | W2148032901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Social workers in the Department of Defense Hospital are faced with numerous challenges to best address the needs of the nation's wounded. Social workers serve diverse roles on the multidisciplinary team and are integral to the hospital work environment. Sometimes, however, the work extracts a toll on the social worker that may be expressed in terms of burnout and compassion fatigue. The converse is also true, that social workers may have a strong sense of compassion satisfaction about what they do. This article details the experience of social workers in Department of Defense hospitals. It describes the impact of the work on the social workers noting levels of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, and burnout. Findings suggest that generally the social workers find satisfaction in their work and degrees of compassion fatigue and burnout
Burnout · Compassion · Compassion fatigue · Job satisfaction · Political science · Teamwork · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Social Work
Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious trauma
Measuring Compassion Fatigue
Vicarious traumatization
The Social Psychology of Compassion
Professional Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Compassion Fatigue
Vicarious traumatization
Vicarious Trauma
Prevalence of Secondary Traumatic Stress among Social Workers
Strengths and Secondary Trauma in Family Violence Work
Secondary Traumatization, Burnout, and Vicarious Traumatization
Compassion fatigue and psychological distress among social workers
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2017 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |