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 ...

Do you know the difference between compassion and Biblical compassion? Random House defines compassion as “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied ...

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 ...

Compassion has not always been a word in my vocabulary. And, truth be told, I’ve been accused – accurately so – of lacking compassion. At a certain time and moment, any of us can. I can, anyway. Maybe ...

“Traci is the definition of compassion,” said her friend and colleague, Jennifer Smith, who nominated Kokke for recognition. “I had the pleasure of working alongside her and she also took care of my ...