Accounts of health professionals alongside examinations of poetry images movies and literature are used to explore the notions of compassion hope and hopelessness as they inform the meaning of caring work the authors frame their expose of compassion fatigue with the very canadian metaphor of lying down in the snow if suffering is imagined as everfalling snow then the need for training and resources for safe journeying in winter country becomes apparent recognizing the . The authors frame their expose of compassion fatigue with the very canadian metaphor of lying down in the snow if suffering is imagined as ever falling snow then the need for training and resources for safe journeying in winter country becomes apparent recognizing the phenomenon of compassion fatigue reveals the role that health services education and the moral habitability of our healthcare environments play in supporting professionals ability to act compassionately and . Lying down in the ever falling snow canadian health professionals experience of compassion fatigue kindle edition by austin wendy brintnell e sharon goble erika kagan leon kreitzer linda larsen denise j leier brendan download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading lying down in the ever falling snow canadian health professionals experience of compassion fatigue. Intended for healthcare professionals menu search browse resources authors. Lying down in the ever falling snow canadian health professionals experience of compassion fatigue wendy austin first used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name along with burnout