Compassion and what can happen to it: reflections of a peer support worker. Issue 3 (10th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Williams, Sue
• Is Part Of: Mental health and social inclusion. Volume 19:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 125
• Publication Date: 2015-08-10
• Subjects: Mentally ill -- Services for -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Mental health services -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; Day care centers for people with mental disabilities -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 362.20425094105
• DOI: 10.1108/MHSI-04-2015-0015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-8308

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Purpose</title> <p> – The purpose of this paper is to provide some reflections on how easily compassion can be eroded on a busy inpatient ward and ways in which it might be restored. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Design/methodology/approach</title> <p> – Narrative account. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Findings</title> <p> – Reflective account, no findings presented. </p> </sec> <sec> <title content-type="abstract-heading">Originality/value</title> <p> – An original viewpoint concerning compassion, its importance, how it can become eroded and ways in which it might be restored from the perspective of a peer support worker.</p> </sec> </abstract>