A departing message on compassion: Feel the suffering without burning out

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Rotorua GP CME 2019

A departing message on compassion: Feel the suffering without burning out

3 July 2019

Wednesday 3 July 2019, 08:30 AM

Robin Youngson co-founded and co-led Hearts in Healthcare, but his conference presentations were a farewell to this part of his life

The annual pilgrimage to Rotorua GP CME this year saw around 1500 GPs, practice nurses, practice managers, speakers and exhibitors convene in the Rotorua Energy Events centre. The New Zealand Doctor team was there in full force. Reporting by Cliff Taylor, Virginia McMillan, Zahra Shahtamasebi, Simon Maude and Alan Perrott

Empathising with the patient’s suffering, having an attitude of loving kindness, and deeply desiring to address or reduce their suffering builds this

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Patients

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