At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi argued that compassion is a measurable force that can ...

Compassion is a strange thing. By definition, compassion invokes sympathy, pity, and perhaps even sadness for others’ misfortunes or sufferings. Compassion often drives people with a sense of desire ...

Compassion is an important concept in medicine. This is why it is frequently discussed in medical school applications. However, compassion often is used as a buzzword without sufficient attention to ...

Key Points: Compassion reflects a sensitivity to the suffering of another, coupled with a desire to help. Yet it opens the way for a new "broaden and build" response to stress, fostering both ...

In this grounded theory study, palliative cancer patients' understanding and experiences of compassion were explored through semistructured interviews to provide a critical perspective on the nature ...

Have you ever tried to help someone only to see things get worse? Has your compassion for a self-destructive person ever led to more self-destruction? The problem is that the brain learns from rewards ...