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compassion fatigue

Posted inHealth

Why doctors dread the days the country celebrates

by Aneeka Domingo 10 June 20217 July 2021

‘Big’ days in sport — or even just weekends — almost always spell an increase in trauma and gender violence. One doctor remembers a day she had to put her compassion aside

Posted inHealth

First-hand account: Inside a Covid-19 vaccine trial

by Robyn Porteous 26 January 202126 January 2021

Misinformation about Covid-19 is a cause for concern, but hearing from a vaccine-trial participant could help to allay the most prolific fears

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Famine babies, compassion fatigue and the media

Reader Blog by Reader Blog 7 November 20117 November 2011

By Sandra Banjac The first time we are confronted by an image of a malnourished child we are crippled by guilt and deliberate over ways to help. The second time we see the same type of image we pause, ponder and then flip the page. The third time we turn the page without second thought. […]

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