TY - JOUR
T1 - What do you know about Compassion Fatigue in midwifery?
AU - Edwards, Meryn
AU - Anderson, Judith
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = Summer 2016; Journal title (773t) = Australian Midwifery News. ISSNs: 1446-5612;
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Central to the role of the midwife is the concept of 'woman-centred' care. There is much evidence to suggest that the partnership which is developed between the midwife and the child-bearing woman results in positive outcomes for the mother and child, as well as a source of job motivation and satisfaction for the midwife (Leinweber and Rowe, 2010). Compassion satisfaction is the positive experience and a sense of achievement in providing effective care and this serves as a major source of motivation to midwives. It is this unique and empathetic relationship between midwife and woman, and the nature of childbearing as a source of trauma, which places the midwife at particular risk of developing compassion fatigue (Leinweber and Rowe, 2010).
AB - Central to the role of the midwife is the concept of 'woman-centred' care. There is much evidence to suggest that the partnership which is developed between the midwife and the child-bearing woman results in positive outcomes for the mother and child, as well as a source of job motivation and satisfaction for the midwife (Leinweber and Rowe, 2010). Compassion satisfaction is the positive experience and a sense of achievement in providing effective care and this serves as a major source of motivation to midwives. It is this unique and empathetic relationship between midwife and woman, and the nature of childbearing as a source of trauma, which places the midwife at particular risk of developing compassion fatigue (Leinweber and Rowe, 2010).
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 27
EP - 28
JO - Australian Midwifery News
JF - Australian Midwifery News
SN - 1446-5612
IS - 4
ER -