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Compassion is important to patients and their families, predicts positive patient and practitioner outcomes, and is a professional requirement of physicians around the globe. Yet, despite the value placed on compassion, the empirical study of compassion remains in its infancy and little is known regarding what compassion ‘looks like’ to patients. The current study addresses limitations in prior work by asking patients what physicians do that helps them feel cared for.

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