The Role of Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness Meditation in Cultivating Self-Compassion and Other-Focused Concern in Health Care Professionals

Mindfulness

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-138

  Boellinghaus, Inga ^a   Jones, Fergal W ^a   Hutton, Jane ^b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinicians; Compassion; Loving kindness; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896942246     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-012-0158-6     Document Type: Review

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