A compassionate pause

Affiliations

¹ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, Australia. Electronic address: matthew.links@health.qld.gov.au.
² Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Compassionate Gold Coast, Australia; Charter for Compassion, Australian Compassion Council, Australia.
³ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia.
⁴ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Bond University, School of Health Science and Medicine, Australia.
⁵ Deakin University Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Australia.
⁶ HammondCare, Greenwich Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Northern Clinical School University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁷ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, Australia.

Matthew Links et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;104(2):432-436.

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.08.012. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

¹ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, Australia. Electronic address: matthew.links@health.qld.gov.au.
² Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Compassionate Gold Coast, Australia; Charter for Compassion, Australian Compassion Council, Australia.
³ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia.
⁴ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Bond University, School of Health Science and Medicine, Australia.
⁵ Deakin University Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Australia.
⁶ HammondCare, Greenwich Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Northern Clinical School University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁷ Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia; Griffith University School of Medicine, Gold Coast, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Communication; Compassion; Mindfulness; Silence; Space.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest Nil.