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Compassion fatigue in critical care nurses

An integrative review of the literature

Jalal Alharbi, Debra Jackson and Kim Usher
Saudi Medical Journal November 2019, 40 (11) 1087-1097; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.11.24569

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