Compassion and what can happen to it: reflections of a peer support worker Available to Purchase

– The purpose of this paper is to provide some reflections on how easily compassion can be eroded on a busy inpatient ward and ways in which it might be restored.

– Narrative account.

– Reflective account, no findings presented.

– An original viewpoint concerning compassion, its importance, how it can become eroded and ways in which it might be restored from the perspective of a peer support worker.