David Jeffrey's timely paper1 will strike a chord with many of us who may have failed the ‘kindness' test some time during our career. The mitigating circumstances could have been fatigue and/or time pressure, but our only solace is we probably remembered our shortcomings in retrospect resolving to do better in the future.
Kindness is an innate ability but perhaps a difficult one to assess.
If it is quantifiable, might it not be a factor as important as ‘A' level grade perfection in the medical student selection process?
And might it be relevant also to the selection of other healthcare professionals?
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References
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JeffreyD. A duty of kindness. J R Soc Med2016; 109: 261–263.
