TY - JOUR AU - Lam, Christopher PY - 2019 DA - 2019/07/08 TI - Compassion in Medical Practice JO - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine SP - 044 VL - 04 IS - 03 AB - Compassion and kindness can be cultivated and enhanced. Over the years in medical practice I have witnessed many healthcare workers, after having worked with kind and caring practitioners, become progressively more humane. Those of us who are teachers need to be mindful of that. In educating new physicians, compassion should play a central role and we as practicing doctors are well placed to model a caring and empathetic approach to our patients. There is also a fundamental need to look after ourselves and maintain a healthy balance between professional and private life, in order to become effective healers. Kindness and compassion are strengths, not weaknesses. When we place kindness and compassion at the core of our work, we can find and enrich meaning and joy in caring for patients. Then both we and our patients are empowered. SN - 2573-4393 UR - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1903044 DO - 10.21926/obm.icm.1903044 ID - Lam2019 ER -