title: Love me tender.
abstract: Sympathy, empathy and loving concern transform lives. But to be able to care for people in this way means nurses' hearts must be open and healed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Care, St Martin's College, Carlisle.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sayre-Adams
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom