Purpose It has been suggested that compassion may decrease as students progress
through their health care education and into clinical practice. The purpose of this pilot study …

Background Compassion is considered a fundamental human capacity instrumental to the
creation of medicine and for patient-centered practice and innovations in healthcare …

Background: Stress, and particularly burnout, is a major problem among healthcare workers
and can lead to high staff turnover and low patient/client satisfaction. Objective: To explore …

Phenomenon: Compassion, and related constructs such as empathy, are core values in
healthcare, with known benefits for both patients and staff. Yet research on the factors that …

Background Compassionate health care is associated with positive patient outcomes.
Educational interventions for medical students that develop compassion may also increase …

Purpose Compassion is central to health care. Efforts to promote compassion through
educational interventions for health professionals show promise, yet such education has not …

Background Compassionate care lies at the foundation of good patient care and is a quality
that patients and providers continue to value in the fast-paced setting of contemporary …

Purpose To investigate the current state and quality of compassion education interventions
offered to health care providers during training or practice, determine how the components …

Compassion is sorely needed in contemporary society, including within faith-based
colleges. Past research has examined the prevention of compassion fatigue in healthcare …

Background Compassion is an essential part of nursing practice. However recent high
profile public inquiries have uncovered failings in the NHS and revealed a need for nursing …