Caregiving, Self-Care, and Contemplation: Resources from Thomas Aquinas*

In the last decade, the helping professions have increasingly recognized compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary trauma as hazards integral to care-work, and in response, they have turned to self-care to build caregiver resilience. To examine the theological and ethical assumptions implicit in se...

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Main Author: Dubie, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2021, Volume: 102, Issue: 1099, Pages: 384-400
Further subjects:B Contemplation
B Necessity
B Thomas Aquinas
B Caregiving
B Self-care
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