Physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion can occur among caregivers and appears more often in people who have excessive expectations of themselves. This situation is called:
a. excessiveness.
b. burnout.
c. fatigue.
d. weariness.
B
Physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion among caregivers is sometimes called burnout.
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