The past two years have tested all of us in various ways in a variety of settings. Never having experienced a pandemic before, many of us fell into a state of perpetual unfocused anxiety as lockdowns ...

Many people practice mindfulness or self-compassion techniques in their everyday life as part of their normal self-care routine. Although many studies support the individual benefits of mindfulness ...

Though dental hygienists reported moderate levels of self-compassion and still get joy from helping patients, they also felt work-related physical, psychological, and emotional exhaustion. The study ...

The interrelated concepts of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction have been identified as having a profound impact on the quality of ...

In most Western countries, professional standards dictate that physicians should practice medicine with compassion. Patients also expect compassionate care from physicians because it represents a ...

We thank those who help and care for others. Who will help them? Medical staff—including doctors, nurses, midwives, veterinarians, and their accompanying colleagues—deal daily with the ecstasies and ...