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 Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, together with the availability
of big data in society, creates uncertainties about how these developments will affect …

Background Patients and families want their healthcare to be delivered by healthcare
providers that are both competent and compassionate. While compassion training has …

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

Abstract Concepts of empathy, sympathy and compassion are often confused in a variety of
literatures. This article proposes a pattern-theoretic approach to distinguishing compassion …

The purpose of this study was to develop deeper knowledge about physicians' lived
experiences of breaking bad news by identifying their common meanings and …

Introduction Individuals with multiple physical and, or, mental health issues and, or, drug‐
related problems are known as complex patients. These patients are often recipients of poor …

Objectives Physicians and medical students are subject to higher levels of psychological
distress than the general population. These challenges have a negative impact in medical …

Evidence to date indicates that compassion and empathy are health-enhancing qualities.
Research points to interventions and practices involving compassion and empathy being …

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 …