Compassion

Dr Rodger Charlton is a GP in the West Midlands and Training Programme Director in Solihull. He is Professor of Primary Care Education at Nottingham School of Medicine.

Part I Patients and the NHS Defining compassion in the new NHS The NHS as the jewel in the national crown? Access and the great socioeconomic divide What's love got to do with it? Learning compassion for medical practice Communication as the key to compassion Compassion in health care for long-term conditions End-of-life care Part II Education and training The evolution of GP training: equipping and preparing the next generation Compassion: a junior doctor's perspective The selection of GPs: past, present and future Reflections of a new GP The role of the multidisciplinary team and interprofessional learning Revalidation and compassion, continuity and caring Compassion - and the need for energy-dependent preservation Part III Compassion and the clinician Cum scientia caritas - compassion with knowledge Bringing compassion to the homeless Conducting the prescribing orchestra: complexity, continuity and care Compassion in primary care nursing Post-conflict symptoms: a challenge for military GPs Compassionate suicide prevention Part IV The future Scholarship: the missing link between scientia and caritas? Compassionate care: building resilience in GPs by exploring self-compassion Mindfulness in medicine Continuity of care Intelligent kindness: developing and sustaining the effective and compassionate practitioner How to discourage a doctor: a view from the US Professionalism Compassion and the College motto: Cum scientia caritas - past, present and future