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Should doctors and nurses be compassionate?

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Many believe the NHS lacks compassion which is a fundamental part of receiving good health care. But in a world of targets and bureaucracy do medical staff have a responsibility to show compassion to their patients? Ernie Rea is joined by guests including Anna Smajdor, lecturer in Medical Ethics at the University of East Anglia who says, 鈥淚 would like it if the doctor or nurse loves me as much as my Mother does, but do I have the right to demand or expect that? I don鈥檛 think so.鈥 First broadcast on Beyond Belief, 15 June 2015.

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