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Why Compassion Matters in Healthcare

Dr Debbie Ling, Compassion and Common Humanity Researcher, Department of Social Work, Monash University

02-Dec-25 16:00

Why Compassion Matters in Healthcare

Compassion is one of the most important elements in healthcare but in a world where healthcare workers are overworked, how does compassion come through in the care that patients receive? We speak to Dr Debbie Ling, a compassion and common humanity researcher as well as a lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Monash University to dive into what compassion truly means and whether compassion can be taught or trained into healthcare workers.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann, Muhammad Naufal Ubaidi

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


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