Generous, funny, moving, and short: it could be the perfect Oscars speech. 2.50pm Commiserations to Nicolas Cage, who just lost out on a Golden Raspberry Award-the anti-Oscar-for his soul-shaking role in the Christian end-of-the-world thriller Left Behind.
Contrasts Between Compassion Fatigue and Related Concepts. Compassion Fatigue is the latest in an evolving concept that is known in the field of Traumatology as Secondary traumatic stress. Most often this phenomenon is associated with the cost of caring (Figley, 1982) for others in emotional pain. There are a number of terms that describe this phenomenon.
Weakness is a common presenting concern in neurology. This chapter will discuss the evaluation of the weak patient. It will build on the chapter on examination of the motor system (Chapter 10) and will defer to the chapter on neuromuscular disorders (Chapter 21) for detailed discussion of many of the conditions. The evaluation of the patient complaining of weakness must proceed in an orderly fashion.