Compassion International: Laurie And Olive Mccowan

Barbara Lazear Ascher writes a well formed essay on the concept of compassion. Compassion is something that we do for others out of the kindness of our hearts. She focuses more on the poor, just how we show them sympathy, why do we do such things. Is showing empathy from our hearts or just for them to go away. I enjoyed this essay due to the fact, that she gives humanistic reasons on why people are compassionate, she doesn’t sugar coat anything, and lastly she breaks down the compassion that she sees everyday.

Compassion and empathy are two different emotions that humans can have for other people. Sometimes one does not always recognize the difference between these two emotions. Ascher and Quindlen convey the importance of having a place to call “home,” and to illustrate how homeless people are individual’s who need compassion shown towards them by the human race.

Are people born with a complete quandary when it comes to compassion or is it something that has always been there? Barbara Lazear Ascher, born in 1946, writes, “On Compassion.” Having lived in New York City, Ascher is able to take first hand examples from the city to show the affection people have towards each other. Ascher is able to illustrate that compassion is something that has to be taught because of the adversity at people’s heels by including tone, persuasive appeals, and the mode of comparing and contrast in her essay, “On Compassion.”

Ascher’s essay describes the ways she has seen compassion showed, through voluntary donations, food, shelter. She openly questions what drives humans to be compassionate to each other. As a successful author who

Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering (Dictionary.com). In the Annex you can see that many people are very compassionate towards each other. One example of this is when Peter’s cat gets lost and cannot be found. You’d expect for him to get told to suck it up and that it’s just a cat, and they’ve more important things to worry about. Instead of this you see that they try to find his cat and calm him down, which I think is very compassionate of them to think of Peter and how much he loves his cat instead of telling him to suck it up.

The way that love plays a role in everyday life is that if you have that support system built around you then it makes life easier because you always have people that you can rely on to be there for you. Morrie said that his sickness would have been a lot more difficult had he not been surround by his family and the people that love him the most. Morrie says similar things about compassion as he does about love. Sometimes you just need to show a little compassion to make your day better and showing compassion to someone else will definitely make their day better. Morrie came to realize how important love is as the deadly disease progressed and he was getting closer to death.

Sawbridge and Hewison (2015) believe that compassion is important to the delivery of patient care. However, professionals are working in environments that are increasingly targeted which can take the professionals away from delivering compassionate care (Baverstock and Finley 2016). This assignment aims to discuss how important and how realistic it is for health and social care leaders to balance compassion with effective and efficient service delivery. It aims to do this by exploring what is meant by the term compassion and the influence that it has on patient care. The author will then move on to discuss the impact compassion has on service delivery, considering if professionals need to balance compassion with effective and efficient care delivery including the if compassion is in fact required to deliver effective care.

Looking at the world today, the power of compassion can be seen everywhere. As Arthur H. Stain back said " The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate" (Famous Quotes). The media uses it to advertise charities.

Dalai Lama once said “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” But how does one learn how to love or feel compassion for others? People all around the world wonder why the feel compassion for others. Most people feel compassion because it helps them understand how others are feeling so they can respond appropriately to a certain situation. Barbara Lazear Ascher, a former attorney and a current author, focused on compassion and how it is developed by people. Ascher’s purpose is to show that compassion is not something that you are born with, it is something that you have to learn and practice throughout your lifetime. A way to practice compassion is when you see homeless. Ascher’s reaches her

Compassion has little to no boundries. In almost every great story there is a specific character or a group of characters that help the protagonist because they feel bad for them. Compassion is the most important aspect of a functioning society; therefore, Elie Wiesel’s Night, 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, and the generosity of spirit shown by the average citizen after the recent shooting in Las Vegas are all perfect examples.

I do agree with you on provision one which states that the nurse should practice with compassion, respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person but unfortunately that was the case with Henrietta Lack. I also like the point you made on how frustrating our profession could be. I work in an acute psychiatric hospital where most of the population, we serve are very psychotic on admission. During this acute stage, staff has been threatened, verbally abused and assaulted on several occasions but we have learned to treat all patients with dignity and respect regardless of their present situation. One of the things that I observed working with this group of patient is to love and show compassion towards them knowing

We all have role models present in our everyday lives. In the healthcare world it is best known as “health care heroes.” Health Care heroes possess personality traits such as: values, morals, ethics, integrity, and trustworthiness which makes communicating with workers and patients a pleasant experience. In the vast history of healthcare professions, there have been a plethora of health care hero examples. One important figure in healthcare history was Elizabeth Blackwell. With the help of biography.com, hws.edu, nlm.nmh.gov I was able to recieve insight on Elizabeth Blackwell’s proffesonal and personal life.

For the last 35 years, Sovereign Wings of Hope (SWOH), founded by my father Reverend Daniel Situka, has ministered to families in communities in Uganda. SWOH has grown into a full life cycle community development program through conducting missions program targeting young adults, founding a local hospice program toward six-million people without terminally–ill care, and establishing a school for at-risk children many whose parents were hospice patients. An increasing need to mobilize US resources while directing new advancement efforts led SWOH to offer me a VP position as it continues to serves thousands of Ugandans a year.

In my opinion, Mercy Corps is an exceedingly marketable Non-Governmental Organization. In fact, I see their ads on YouTube and other websites I visit frequently by taking this route they can reach a diverse group of individuals, which increases their ability to advocate their mission. They are heavily engaged with the media and have a great deal of press releases, news clips and media enterprises. The press releases just inform the public about their work, programs, and sponsors. For reference, I had seen some press releases about refugee aid, grants, humanitarian efforts, and public health campaign. When it comes to media resources I think Mercy Corps undoubtedly surpasses lots of Non-Governmental Organization’s expectations. Mercy Corps

2 Today, many children are living in poverty and exploitation. Many of those places are within the 26 poorest countries that Compassion International serves.