Compassion from a palliative care perspective

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Compassion from a palliative care perspective

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Compassion lies at the heart of good medical care, particularly for the most vulnerable end-of-life patients. However, even though compassion is crucial and central to medical care, it is poorly researched. Our goal was to understand patients’ experiences of compassion and lack of compassion so that we can inform doctors and nurses what compassion is and is not from a dying patient’s perspective. We found that though compassion is so valuable and treasured by patients, it is not that complica...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2018-01-19

Creator

Fernando, Antonio / Rea, C / Malpas, Phillipa

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46238

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Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medicine, General & Internal / General & Internal Medicine / FATIGUE / PERCEPTIONS / LIFE / END

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