The Challenge of the Paradigm of Compassion in 21st Century Medicine, Healthcare and the Helping Professions in the Digital Era
Plinio Fabiani, Ginevra Fabiani, Annamaria Di Fabio
The contribution starts by delineating the construct of compassion and its evolution in scientific literature. The principal instruments used to detect the construct of compassion and examples of training to improve it are described. A presentation of compassion and medicine over the years is also offered. Furthermore, an overview on compassion training in medicine and health is presented. Finally, the contribution delineates the value of the paradigm of compassion in 21st century medicine, healthcare and the helping professions and its necessary integration in the digital age.
Keywords
Compassion, Paradigm of compassion, Medicine, Healthcare, Helping professions, Digital age.
