Making the Case for Compassion

After last week’s post about disability, I decided to continue reading on this topic. I have heard the term “ableism”, and while I have...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to volunteer with the organization Life Rolls On. It was started by a surfer after he experienced a...

As a physical therapist who is married to a physician, and a person with friends in different health care professions, I hear a LOT of...

Picture this. A patient in a hospital or rehab facility has just finished exercising with therapy. He is thirsty, and he thinks he...

A patient came back to therapy after yet another readmission to the hospital for dehydration. I could think of at least 3 times that he...

When I worked as an inpatient therapist, we had patients with a wide variety of personalities. Some were the lovable and sweet...

Earlier this week, I listened to one of my favorite podcasts. The hosts discussed fearlessly saying yes to opportunities in life and in...

In health care, most of the evidence surrounding compassionate care is about providers showing compassion to their patients. The...

I saw a statistic this week from the Center for Compassionate Leadership which stated that people feel the biggest hurdle to behaving...

In the clinic where I work, we have a steady stream of PT and athletic training students. It’s fun to be in an environment where we get...

During my first job as a therapist, I often had to treat patients at different site locations to fill my 40 hours per week. There were...

It’s been 6 months since I started blogging about compassionate care! I have really enjoyed the experience so far, and I have learned so...

I have talked a lot on this blog about the need for systemic changes in health care that would promote implementation of compassionate...

This week, on Tuesday, I had to take my kids to the dentist. I have existential dread about this appointment every 6 months. Since...

“I got the results back from my lung scan. Actually, well, I read it on that online chart thing. I don’t really know what I’m looking...

I read this[1] fascinating and experience-affirming article a few days ago about burnout. I wrote an article a few months ago about the...

This past weekend, I had a wonderful time catching up with someone that I haven’t seen in a long time. We are in different career fields,...

In my last post, I talked about findings from the Clinicians of the Future report stating that patients want to be “heard, understood,...

I’m slowly making my way through the Elsevier report that I discussed last post[1] (all 116 pages of it). While I can relate to most of...

In my last post, I talked about research which shows that people with a compassionate outlook are better able to decrease the physiologic...