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Review
Physicians from wealthy countries often provide direct medical services in low- and middle-income countries either on a short-term or long-term basis, herein differentiated by the physician’s source of income,...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:9
Published on: 12 September 2017
Orginal research
The aim of this paper is to explore the concepts of personhood and compassion, as perceived by staff caring for people with dementia (PwD) in community-based dementia daycare. Autonomy in the Western culture i...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:8
Published on: 4 August 2017
Original research
Empathy is the ability to put yourself in the place of others and understand their feelings and experiences. Empathy with cancer patients is essential in all disease stages. The purpose of our study was to det...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:7
Published on: 3 July 2017
Original research
Informal care is taking an increasingly important role in our health care system, and an improvement in our understanding of caregiving experiences and outcomes has become more relevant. The Lifelines informal...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:6
Published on: 7 June 2017
Original research
Research in the last 20 years has provided good evidence that developing compassion-focused motives for self and others has a range of benefits. However, people can behave in prosocial ways for different reaso...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:5
Published on: 25 May 2017
Original Research
Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several conceptualisations and measures of compassion, this...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:4
Published on: 27 April 2017
Debate article
To establish the attitudes towards and current status of self-training for medical students in UK medical schools.
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:3
Published on: 8 February 2017
Original research
Compassion fatigue is a form of occupational stress which occurs when individuals are exposed to suffering and trauma on an ongoing basis. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of compassion...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:2
Published on: 19 January 2017
Original research
Compassion in healthcare represents an ideal way of interacting with patients. It entails an active response to suffering, distress or discomfort that can be associated with people seeking health related suppo...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2017 4:1
Published on: 11 January 2017
Original research
In recent years, a growing number of studies report on the importance of empathy to women’s care. The Midwifery Empathy Scale (M.E.S) was developed in order to study and record the levels of empathy of profess...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:12
Published on: 17 November 2016
Erratum
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:11
Published on: 8 November 2016
The original article was published in Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:9
Case study
It has been suggested that the biomedical approach towards healthcare professional training may neglect the humanistic nature and personal values of care. As such, discussions with regard to the importance of ...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:10
Published on: 22 October 2016
Original research
The aim of this case study was to examine the impact of Schwartz Rounds on staff wellbeing and patient care.
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:9
Published on: 23 September 2016
The Erratum to this article has been published in Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:11
Debate article
During the autumn of 2015, 21 Schwartz Rounds were held in England and Wales with the same topic: what makes a compassionate relationship between caregiver and patient? Participants explored themes such as the...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:8
Published on: 6 September 2016
Review
Authors assessed systematically the effectiveness of interventions aiming at health professionals’ increase of empathic responses.
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:7
Published on: 16 July 2016
Debate article
From 2007 until 2012 Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Nursing Midwifery and Social Care in conjunction with NHS Lothian, collaborated on a programme of action research entitled, the Leadership in Compas...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:6
Published on: 11 July 2016
Case study
First, to describe the state of the art of joined forces in person-centered care of professionals and patients with their relatives, in the context of intensive care units (ICUs) in the Netherlands. Second, to...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:5
Published on: 28 May 2016
Original research
Although a considerable number of studies have been conducted with regard to work well-being of medical personnel, few of these have focused on smaller countries with a cultural setting such as Greece. In spec...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:4
Published on: 25 March 2016
Debate article
Whilst health care professionals embark on their careers with high ideals these can be eroded by the pressures and stress of the system. This paper explores the problems, which may lead both students and profe...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:3
Published on: 18 March 2016
Original research
Compassion is an important concept in healthcare, and in addition, care should be delivered in a culturally competent manner, taking into account the values, culture, and health beliefs of the individual. Howe...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:2
Published on: 19 February 2016
Review
Working alliance can possibly influence patients’ experiences of pain and physical functioning. The aim of this systematic review is to merge evidence from literature regarding the influence of patients’ perce...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2016 3:1
Published on: 15 January 2016
Original research
America scored at the top of the World Giving Index survey in 2014. This paper reports on a survey among US physicians about preferences for and prevalence of pro-bono activities devoted to health-related dire...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2015 2:8
Published on: 5 October 2015
Debate article
Homelessness is a wide-spread problem which can lead to high vulnerability and social exclusion. There are many reasons why a person may become homeless, with relationship breakdown being reported as a common ...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2015 2:7
Published on: 18 August 2015
Debate article
Recent high profile cases in the UK have all too often demonstrated care which lacked compassion or dignity, although this is far from being a new phenomenon
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2015 2:6
Published on: 13 July 2015
Original research
Empathy is a difficult characteristic to define, teach and assess; the ‘nebulous’ properties of empathic behaviour often means that educators fail to incorporate the explicit teaching and assessment of empathy...
Journal of Compassionate Health Care 2015 2:4
Published on: 6 June 2015
