Compassion, medical humanities and medical education

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Compassion is central to person centred clinical care. Medical Humanities have developed both as an academic discipline and as a resource for education over the past 30 years. The article will discuss what compassion is in a clinical context, and explore whether compassionate clinical practice can be enhanced by using the humanities in medical education in primary care.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalEducation for Primary Care
Early online date26 Jan 2018
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 26 Jan 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Journal Article

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Compassion, medical humanities and medical education'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this