A heuristic model of enactive compassion

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Halifax, Joan ^a  

^a Upaya Zen Center and Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective; Attention; Cognitive; Compassion; Embodied; Enactive

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84863671099     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e3283530fbe     Document Type: Review

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