title: Bedside manner.
abstract: The hospital setting can be a place of healing and hope for the future. Unfortunately, it can also be a site filled with pain and grief. How hospitals deal emotionally with patients, and others who experience trauma is an important aspect of overall care. The following is a look at the importance of compassionate care and how some Alabama hospitals tend to the emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients and their loved ones.
authors.affiliation: Pastoral Care Services, DCH Regional Medical Center, AL, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bourke
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004645:Empathy; D006117:Grief; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*