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Compassion and chronic pain

Purdie, Fiona, Morley, Stephen·2016·Pain

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aBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford, United Kingdom bSt James' University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom cLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom *Corresponding author. Address: Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, 101 Clarendon Rd, Leeds LS2 9LJ, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 113 343 2733. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Morley). Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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Authors: Purdie, F., & Morley, S.
Affiliations: St James's University Hospital (GB)
University of Leeds (GB)
Corresponding author: Morley, Stephen
ORCID: Morley, Stephen
Venue: Pain
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 2016-05-31
Volume: 157
Issue: 12
Pages: 2625-2627
ISSN: 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
1872-6623
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000638
OpenAlex: W2410251707
Cited by: 53
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2
FWCI: 4.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Pain (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Empathy and Medical Education
Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Keywords: compassion, chronic pain, compassion fatigue, healthcare workers, patient care
MeSH terms: Empathy, Humans, Self Concept, Chronic Pain

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