Valuing compassion through definition and measurement.

Dewar, Belinda; Pullin, Simon; Tocheris, Ria

Abstract

The Leadership in Compassionate Care programme aims to embed compassionate care in practice and education. This article describes a project within the programme that explores with staff, patients and families the meaning of compassion and how this can be measured. The project has involved developing practice statements from noticing the aspects of compassionate care that work well. Staff were provided with support to consider, develop and implement actions
that would help ensure consistency in developing compassionate care

Citation

Dewar, B., Pullin, S., & Tocheris, R. (2011). Valuing compassion through definition and measurement. Nursing Management, 17, 32-37

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2011-02
• Deposit Date: Nov 14, 2012
• Print ISSN: 1354-5760
• Electronic ISSN: 2047-8976
• Publisher: RCN Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Pages: 32-37
• Keywords: Patient satisfaction; Professional-Patient relations; caring
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5741
• Publisher URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/5741/1/BD_Nursing_Mgt_article_2011.pdf