Compassion in Health Care: An Empirical Model

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 193-203

  Sinclair, Shane ^a,b   McClement, Susan ^c   Raffin Bouchal, Shelley ^a   Hack, Thomas F ^c,d   Hagen, Neil A ^b   McConnell, Shelagh ^a,d   Chochinov, Harvey Max ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compassion; empirical; model; oncology; palliative care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEORETICAL SAMPLE; URBAN AREA; CANADA; EMPATHY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84955749519     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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