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Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética
Print version ISSN 1657-4702On-line version ISSN 2462-859X
Abstract
GARZON, Natalia Esquivel; OLIVELLA, Madeleine and BASTIDAS, Clara Victoria. To connect with compassion to preserve humanized care. A reflection on nursing care. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.2, pp.39-49. Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1657-4702. https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.5339.
Abstract: this article reviews compassion as an essential requirement for humanized care, and addresses defining elements from its philosophical roots and its link to nursing practice. Objective: to reflect on compassion as an inherent attribute of humanized care, as reported in the literature. Materials and methods: reflection article for which a literature search and review was performed in specialized scientific databases, with descriptors and Boolean operators related to the topic. Results: useful conceptual elements are presented to adopt compassion as an ethical trait that should be promoted in training and academic work in the health sciences and, especially, in nursing.
Keywords : compassion; care; nursing; ethics; humanization.