Beyond Compassion: Replacing a Blame Culture With Proper Emotional Support and Management; Comment on “Why and How Is Compassion Necessary to Provide Good Quality Healthcare?”

The absence of compassion, argues the author, is not the cause of healthcare failures but rather a symptom of deeper systemic failures. The clinical encounter arouses strong emotions of anxiety, fear, and anger in patients which are often projected onto the clinicians. Attempts to protect clinicians...

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Main Author: Yiannis Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_3038_2a1a304c28e60453283ee5553c808fb7.html