Perceptions of Empathic and Compassionate Healthcare Encounters: An International Exploratory Qualitative Descriptive Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empathy and compassion are integral to person-centred care. Contemporary literature also provides evidence of the impact of empathic and compassionate care on patient outcomes, including enhanced satisfaction with care and improved patient safety. Notably, a previous scoping review identified only a limited number of studies exploring patients' experiences of empathic and compassionate care, underscoring the need for further research on patients' and their significant others' perspectives and experiences of empathic and compassionate healthcare encounters.

Objective

The aim of this paper is to explore patients' and their significant others' perceptions of empathic and compassionate healthcare encounters.

Methods

This qualitative descriptive international su

SUBMITTER: Tunks Leach KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12003966 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature