Relevant Publications
Compassion Fatigue
Communication
Alternative Medicine
Cultural Competency
Providers as Patients
Empathy/Compassion
Health Literacy
Health Policy
Hope
Narrative Medicine
End-of-Life Care
Patient Empowerment
Clinical Relationships
Quality of Care
Risk Management
Spirituality
Health Care Training
Treatment Refusal
Schwartz Rounds Cases

Relevant Publications

EMPATHY/COMPASSION/CARING

Alliex S, Irurita V. Caring in a technological environment: how is this possible? Contemp Nurs. 2004;17(1-2):32-43.

Arman M. Bearing witness: an existential position in caring. Contemp Nurse. 2007 Dec;27(1):84-93.

Bandman C. On medical humanism. J Supp Onc. 2004;2(4):108.

Benner P. Caring for the silent patient. Am J Crit Care. 2002;11(5):480-1.

Benner P, Tanner C, Chesla C. Expertise in nursing practice: Caring, clinical judgment & ethics. New York: Springer Publishing; 1996.

Bloom S. Caring in five minutes. Comm Oncol. 2008;5:43-44.

Boykin A, Schoenhofer S, Smith N, et al. Transforming practice using a caring-based nursing model. Nurs Adm Q. 2003;27(3):223-30.

Branch W. The ethics of caring and medical education. Acad Med. 2000;75(2):127-132.

Carter L, Nelson J, Sievers B, et al. Exploring a culture of caring. Nurs Adm Q. 2008;32(1):57-63.

Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1993;24:385-96.

Coulehan J, Platt F, Egener B, Frankel R, Lin C, Lown B. "Let me see if I have this right...": words that help build empathy. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(3):221-7.

Dean R, Major J.  From critical care to comfort care: the sustaining value of humour. J Clin Nurs. 2008 Apr;17(8):1088-95.

Dunaway M. Compassionate caring. Caring. 2006;25(12):60-1.

Epstein R, Hadee T, Carroll J, et al. “Could this be something serious?” Reassurance, uncertainty, and empathy in response to patients’ expressions of worry. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22(12):1731-9.

Felgen J. Caring. Core value, currency, and commodity … is it time to get tough about “soft”? Nurs Adm Q. 2003;27(3):208-14. Review.

Fogarty L, Curbow B, Wingard J, et al. Can 40 seconds of compassion reduce patient anxiety? J Clin Oncol. 1999;17:371-9.

Hall N. We care don’t we? Social workers, the profession and HIV/AIDS. Soc Work Health Care. 2007;44(1-2):55-72.

Halpern J. What is clinical empathy? J Gen Intern Med. 2003;18(8):670-4.

Halpern J. Practicing medicine in the real world: challenges to empathy and respect for patients. J Clin Ethics. 2003;14(4):298-307.

Halpern J. From detached concern to empathy: humanizing medical practice. Oxford University Press; 2001.

Hawley M, Jensen L. Making a difference in critical care nursing practice. Qual Health Res. 2007;17(5):663-74.
Higginson I, Hall S. Rediscovering dignity at the bedside. BMJ. 2007;335(7612):133-4.

Hojat M. Empathy in patient care: antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes. New York: Springer Publishing; 2007.

Hojat M, Gonnella J, Nasca T, et al. Physician empathy: definition, components, measurement, and relationship to gender and specialty. Am J Psych. 2002;159(9):1563-9.

Irving P, Dickson D. Empathy: towards a conceptual framework for health professionals. Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv. 2004;17(5-4):212-20.

Khademian Z, Vizeshfar F. Nursing students' perceptions of the importance of caring behaviors. J Adv Nurs. 2008 Feb;61(4):456-62.

Larson E, Yao X. Clinical empathy as emotional labor in the patient-physician relationship. JAMA. 2005;293(9):1100-6.

Lown B. The lost art of healing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; 1993.

MacLeod R, McPherson K. Care and compassion: part of person-centred rehabilitation, inappropriate response or a forgotten art? Disabil Rehabil. 2007 Oct 30-Nov 15;29(20-21):1589-95.

McCrea M, Atkinson M, Bloom T, et al. The healing energy of relationships. A journey to excellence. Nurs Adm Q. 2003. 2793):240-8.

Meier D, Back A, Morrison R. The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously ill. JAMA. 2001;286(23):3007-14.

Neumann M, Wirtz M, Bollschweiler E, et. al. Determinants and patient-reported long-term outcomes of physician empathy in oncology: a structural equation modeling approach. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Dec;69(1-3):63-75.

Newton B, Barber L, Clardy J, et. al. Is there hardening of the heart during medical school? Acad Med. 2008 Mar;83(3):244-9.

Norfolk T, Birdi K, Walsh D. The role of empathy in establishing rapport in the consultation: a new model. Med Educ. 2007;41(7):690-7.

Persky G, Nelson J, Watson J, Bent K. Creating a profile of a nurse effective in caring. Nurs Adm Q. 2008 Jan-Mar;32(1):15-20.

Price S, Mercer S, MacPherson H. Practitioner empathy, patient enablement and health outcomes: a prospective study of acupuncture patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;63(1-2):239-45.

Roach S. The human act of caring: a blueprint for the health professions. Ottawa: Publications Canadian Hospital Association; 1987.

Rudolfsson G, von Post I, Eriksson K. The development of caring in the perioperative culture: nurse leaders’ perspectives on the struggle to retain sight of the patient. Nurs Adm Q. 2007;31(4):312-24.

Rushton C. Respect in critical care: a foundational ethical principle. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2007;18(2):149-56. Review.

Sanghavi D. Beyond the white coat and the johnny: What makes for a compassionate patient-caregiver relationship? Findings from a national conversation sponsored by the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(5):283-92.

Schantz M. Compassion: a concept analysis. Nurs Forum. 2007;42(2):48-55. Review.

Schell E, Kayser-Jones J. "Getting into the skin": empathy and role taking in certified nursing assistants' care of dying residents. Appl Nurs Res. 2007 Aug;20(3):146-51.

Schwerin J. The timeless caring connection. Nurs Adm Q. 2004;28(4):265-70. Review.

Shattell M, McAllister S, Hogan B, Thomas S. “She took the time to make sure she understood”: mental health patients’ experiences of being understood. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2006;20(5):234-41.

Stevenson A. Compassion and patient centred care. Aust Fam Physician. 2002;31(12):1103-6.

Torjuul K, Elstad I, Sorlie V. Compassion and responsibility in surgical care. 2007;14(4):522-34.

Williams S. Caring in patient-focused care: the relationship of patients’ perceptions of holistic nurse caring to their levels of anxiety. Holist Nurs Pract. 1997;11(3):61-8.

Wiman E, Wikblad K. Caring and uncaring encounters in nursing in an emergency department. J Clin Nurs. 2004;13(4):422-9.

Yorke J, Cameron-Traub E. Patients' perceived care needs whilst waiting for a heart or lung transplant. J Clin Nurs. 2008 Mar;17(5A):78-87.

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