Compassionate Care in Clin Set

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Compassion is the bridge between curing and healing: Curing restores a patient to health; healing restores a person to wholeness. This course examines the philosophical, theoretical, and practical foundations of compassionate care. Topics include current research in the science of compassion, clinician burnout and fatigue, the maintenance of compassionate care in the face of suffering, clinician self-care, and the organizational factors that establish a culture of compassionate care. Course materials will be drawn from cultural anthropology, philosophy, medicine, psychology, and sources both spiritual and religious.