Patients in emergency departments who experience life-threatening medical conditions and are surrounded by compassionate health care personnel are less likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder ...

Beardsell's description of work in emergency medicine strongly resonates with me.1 We have both worked in a system that once ...

Which doctor would you pick: A physician who is kind and warm, or one who is cold but graduated at the top of the class in medical school? A new book makes a strong argument for the ones who are kind ...

Dr. Stephen Trzeciak did not always believe that compassion makes a difference in health care – even if that seemed like the idealistic viewpoint to hold. Then he took a look at the data. Trzeciak – ...

The recent books “Compassionomics” and “The Empathy Effect” extol the healing power of caring. That comes as no surprise to San Diego physician Steven Eisenberg. He co-founded an oncology practice ...

Doctor Christopher Trojanovich says he really wants to know everything when he meets with new patients. Patients such as Mary Jane Spanfelner. “He’s very understanding … it takes time to listen to you ...

Compelling new research shows that health care is in the midst of a compassion crisis. But the pivotal question is this: Does compassion really matter? Join us for this installment of the annual ...