title: Providing empathetic care in nursing practice.
abstract: The fifth in our seven-part series on patient narrative explores empathy. We focus on a patient story relevant to all fields of nursing and raise key issues about how health professionals convey empathy to patients.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Corless
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mee
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology