Related Experiment Video
Updated: Dec 27, 2025

Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Caring from the heart as belonging-The basis for mediating compassion
Jessica Hemberg1, Lena Wiklund Gustin2,3
1Department of Caring Sciences Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies Åbo Akademi University Vaasa Finland.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to illuminate nurses' experiences of mediating compassion to patients in the home care context.
Design:
A phenomenological-hermeneutical approach was used.
Methods:
The data comprised of texts from interviews with 12 nurses in a home care context. Informed consent was sought from participants regarding participation in the study and the storage and handling of data for research purposes.
Results:
Four themes were seen: Encountering one another as human beings, Being in the moment, Bearing responsibility for the other and Being in a loving communion. The overall theme was Acting from one's inner ethos, heart of goodness and love. Mediating compassion as belonging can be interpreted as the "component" that holds the caring relationship together and unites the different levels of health as doing, being and becoming in the ontological health model. Further research should focus on revealing compassion from the perspective of patients.
Related Concept Videos
Empathy
Professional Values
The values that are the foundation of the nursing profession are altruism, autonomy, human dignity, and social justice.
First, altruism refers to the concern for the welfare and well-being of others without personal...
Companionate Love
Techniques of therapeutic communication I: Active Listening, Sharing Observations, Validation, and Using Touch
Therapeutic communication is not the same as social interaction. Social interaction has no goal or purpose and consists of casual information sharing, whereas therapeutic communication has a plan or purpose for the conversation. Therapeutic...
Egoism and Altruism
Patient-centered Care

