Background A previous review on compassion in healthcare (1988-2014) identified several
empirical studies and their limitations. Given the large influx and the disparate nature of the …

Background Compassion and empathy are integral to safe and effective patient care.
However, to date, most studies have focused on exploring, defining, measuring and …

Background Caring for individuals and their families with a life-limiting, symptomatic illness
and those who are dying has long been an integral role of palliative care nurses. Yet, over …

Background Compassion is an essential component of good quality care. Compassion
towards people with dementia in health systems is often suboptimal, which can have …

Aim To investigate undergraduate nursing students' general study engagement using intra‐
individual assessment and to evaluate the impact of core self‐evaluation and career calling …

Background: Despite the body of literature regarding the varying definition of compassion,
there appears a lack of literature pertaining to the meaning of compassion from the …

Background: Happiness is a core ingredient of health and well-being, yet relatively little is
known about what happiness means for individuals near the end of life, and whether …

Objectives: This study aims to determine the levels of compassion of nurses working in the
intensive care unit and the factors affecting these levels. Materials and Methods: The study …

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to examine the compassion status of healthcare
professionals working in the palliative care unit. METHODS Sample of the study consisted of …

Objectives: Our intention was to develop a meta-understanding of the 'human aspects' of
providing palliative care. Integral to developing this meta-understanding was recognising …