<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jeffrey, David Ian</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Books: &lt;em&gt;Compassion: Compassion, Continuity and Caring in the NHS&lt;/em&gt;</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Journal of General Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016-06-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">320-320</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3399/bjgp16X685561</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">66</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">647</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Compassion: Compassion, Continuity and Caring in the NHS Rodger Charlton Royal College of General Practitioners, 2016, PB, 232pp, £24.95 (RCGP members £9.99), 978-0850844016This book, an anthology of essays, responds to a perceived lack of compassion in NHS care. Compassion, like empathy, is difficult to define and the terms are often used interchangeably. The book begins with a moving story of a husband’s experience of his wife’s care, illustrating the importance of having a physician who is truly engaged with the patient.The atrophy of compassion is linked to …</style></abstract></record></records></xml>