COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE DURING RECENT TIMES: A LOOK AT THE GENERAL PERSPECTIVE AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER PERSPECTIVE Case Report
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Compassion is a crucial tenet of the healthcare industry. It enhances healthcare in meaningful and measurable ways. It has impact on the patient, the healthcare personnel as well as the workplace organization. Its benefits are multipronged and the workplace organization which employs compassionate healthcare and is engaged in measures to improve the same thrives and stands tall among the healthcare realm. Research in this aspect is much needed and could provide the backbone and the reason for mitigating employee burnout, fatigue and desensitization.
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