Empathy, education, and shared decision-making are at the heart of improving respiratory care, according to a diverse panel ...

Compassionate care is a person-centered approach to delivering healthcare. It emphasizes empathy, respect, and support, which can help improve health outcomes. Compassionate care is a holistic ...

In today's fast-paced world, healthcare providers are often under immense pressure to diagnose and treat patients quickly and efficiently. However, in their quest for efficiency, it is all too easy ...

A Franco-Swiss study identified consultation time, visit frequency, and diagnosis as key factors in patient-perceived physician empathy.

Credit: Getty Images. Empathy exhaustion develops during prolonged exposure to patient trauma and suffering, and can have serious effects on nurses' mental health. While empathy exhaustion among ...

This is a time of much political division among people in our society. Can doctors help to heal it? Unfortunately, when it comes to the world of medicine and health care, there is not a clear-cut ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...