Non-verbal communication of compassion: measuring psychophysiologic effects

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Calm, compassionate clinicians comfort others. To evaluate the direct psychophysiologic benefits of non-verbal communication of compassion (NVCC), it is important to minimize the effect of subjects' expectation. This preliminary...

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Main Authors: Kemper Kathi J, Shaltout Hossam A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/11/132