| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
'Empathy Fatigue' in Clinicians Rises With Latest COVID-19 Surge
'Empathy Fatigue' in Clinicians Rises With Latest COVID-19 Surge
(…) Amid yet another surge in COVID-19 cases around the United States, clinicians are speaking out about their growing frustration with this preventable crisis.
Some are using the terms "empathy fatigue" and "compassion fatigue" — a sense that they are losing empathy for unvaccinated individuals who are fueling the pandemic.
Erickson says she is frustrated not by individual patients but by a system that has allowed disinformation to proliferate. Experts say these types of feelings fit into a widespread pattern of physician burnout that has taken a new turn at this stage of the pandemic. (Medscape, USA, 16.09.2021)