Compassionate care through the eyes of patients and physicians: An interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although compassion is a crucial element of physicians' professional performance and high-quality care, research shows it often remains an unmet need of patients. Understanding patients' and physicians' perspectives on compassionate care may provide insights that can be used to foster physicians' ability to respond to patients' compassion needs. Therefore, this study aims to understand how both patients and physicians experience the concept and practice of compassionate care.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with eight patients and ten resident physicians at a University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Using thematic analysis, we separately coded patient and resident transcripts to identify themes capturing their experiences of compassionate care

SUBMITTER: Debets MPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11236150 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature