NSE 11A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Three Steps, Shared Experience, Active Listening
26 Apr 2019
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The dance of compassion (p. 185-187: compassion is challengd by the unspeakable nature of suffering, origin of the root word compassion in latin == suffering with the pt. Ie: in the story of jana and margaret-- jana did not simply understand that margaret wanted tpn but she felt her longing for reconciliation with her daughter -- thus. Jana entered into and became a part of margaret"s experience: third step: the desire to do something about the pt"s suffering -- actively seek to alleviate or support the pt - Suffering & compassion (p. 187-188: compassion is challenged by the unspeakable nature of suffering. Imagining the situation thru the pt"s eyes relationship -- categorizing them-- and harder to get out of the box (cooper, 2001) Three steps: recognition of suffering, decision not to turn away but to enter into the suffering with the patient, desire to do something about the patient"s suffering (cooper, 2001. p. 195)
