Compassionate Leadership in Palliative and End of Life Care-A Focus Group Study.

The overall aim of this Project was to explore compassionate leadership with those involved in leading system-wide care end of life care.  It was a focus group study designed to define compassionate leadership in the context of end of life and palliative care; collect accounts of compassionate leadership activity from key stakeholders in end of life and palliative care; and collate examples of compassionate leadership in practice.  

The project was funded by West Midlands Clinical Networks (WMCN) and completed in December 2017.  Further details can be found here: 

Hewison A, Sawbridge Y and Tooley L. (2019) Compassionate Leadership in Palliative and End of Life Care-A Focus Group Study.  Leadership in Health Services https://doi.org/10.1108/ LHS-09-2018-0044