Compassion in healthcare: an updated scoping review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A previous review on compassion in healthcare (1988-2014) identified several empirical studies and their limitations. Given the large influx and the disparate nature of the topic within the healthcare literature over the past 5 years, the objective of this study was to provide an update to our original scoping review to provide a current and comprehensive map of the literature to guide future research and to identify gaps and limitations that remain unaddressed.

Methods

Eight electronic databases along with the grey literature were searched to identify empirical studies published between 2015 and 2020. Of focus were studies that aimed to explore compassion within the clinical setting, or interventions or educational programs for improving compassion, sampling clin

SUBMITTER: Malenfant S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116004 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature