The Compassionate Connection: The Healing Power of Empathy and Mindful Listening

If you are a health professional or caregiver, get this book or ask your local library to order it. It is well written, practical, and covers all the hot topics in clinician-patient relationship, compassion, connection, placebo, and mindfulness. Scientific evidence is woven together with compelling stories from the author's vast clinical experience. Inspiring and warm-hearted.

Great combination of science and real life experience that illustrates the fact that compassion is essential in our lives.

I was looking for a book related to mindfulness, but The Compassionate Connection touched on so many aspects of my life right now, including caregiver burnout, that I didn't want to stop reading. The author writes in a highly readable style and includes a fair amount of science linking compassion to healing. Very happy I came across this book.

good book

I have given copies of this book to college graduates interested in careers in medicine. Every student thought that is was an important perspective to have in their arsenal.

Thought provoking and compassionate

Great resource

This book reads like watching Mr Rogers -- its warmth, love, and compassion comes through brilliantly. It is like being wrapped in a warm blanket with a cup of tea and a great big hug. I read it more slowly than usual, as it truly inspired such wonderful feelings and thoughtful reflection. I'm not a caregiver in healthcare. As a friend, employee, wife, daughter, mother and receiver of healthcare, I found the content applicable, thought provoking, and inspiring. As an avid reader of this type of research, this book references interesting studies I hadn't heard of and ones that answered some of my long-standing questions. I've added this to my top 10 favorite books list -- a must read.