"When healthcare is delivered with kindness and compassion, it has a significantly greater effect than when it is given in a dispassionate fashion that assumes that the human connection has no benefit."
While medicine holds the power to cure, how it is delivered can make a huge difference -- not just for patients but for health care providers, too.
Also, patients who are looking for more compassion in their care should be more compassionate themselves -- seeking to understand the stresses health care workers are under.
Guidelines Recommend Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression During Cancer Treatment 
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