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Editorial| Volume 34, ISSUE 5, P583-585, October 2021

Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and a Sabbatical

      When I started my sabbatical in September 2020, I didn't realize that I was experiencing some signs of “burnout.” I would have said that I had always I loved my work, and would have denied that I was “burned out.” In truth, I was experiencing emotional exhaustion, and feeling that I wasn't accomplishing much with my work.
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