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Dr. Joseph D’Orazio Describes Efforts to Combat Compassion Fatigue

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Joseph D’Orazio, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, discussed compassion fatigue, which medical professionals sometimes develop as a result of helping others through traumatic situations. In his interview with Kensington Voice, Dr. D’Orazio emphasized how Temple’s hospitals encourage debriefings after such events. WHYY picked up the story.