title: Compassion in continence care.
abstract: I was on placement on a surgical ward in my second year of training when I helped to care for a patient, who I will call Peter, who had recently undergone surgery for a hernia repair.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of Scotland.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moxen
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing