This skill is increasingly considered essential to establishing trust, the foundation of a good doctor-patient relationship.See it on Scoop.it, via Radical Compassion

There is an evidence-based scientific foundation for studying empathy as an important factor in patients’ health.   Dr. Mohammodieza Hojat and a multidisciplinary team at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia have previously published 5…

I learned a little trick while practicing meditation that helped me, not only with meditation, but with just about everything I do.I noticed I was reluctant to start the meditation, and paused to wonder why that is. What I noticed was a kind of tightne…

The pages of psychology’s journals are filled with sorry tales of people’s intolerance and prejudice towards one another. Against this darkness, Sam McFarland and his colleagues urge us not to forget the brighter stories – the heroes of the past who pu…