Is compassion a two-way street?
I am an assistant professor of health communication. Since 2008, as a volunteer, educator and researcher, I have been active in hospice care. As many people know, hospice teams (nurses, social workers, doctors, chaplains, volunteers) help dying patients and their families live as fully as possible during their remaining days together.
In November 2016, right before the presidential election, I started a project aimed at identifying the best practices in communicating …



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