Jane Uygur - Compassion In Medicine

What an opportunity to explore the emotional aspect of being a medic with someone who not only practices as a GP (she's just about to set up practice in Ireland after a hiatus for having kids), but whose research for her PhD centres around the ramifications for all society if we continue not to train for and focus on compassion in our frontline medical services, and how different a picture we can present in terms of both the relational dynamic between patient and medic and also the medical outcome if we choose to put compassion training in place.

Here's some key reads that Jane recommended to us during and after our chat with her -

Paul Gilbert - The Compassionate Mind

Karen Armstrong - 12 Steps To A Compassionate Life

Paul Dodie - Into The Magic Shop