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The Science of Compassionate Love
Beverley Fehr (Editor), Susan Sprecher (Editor), Lynn G. Underwood (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5393-5
Hardcover
488 pages
August 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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The Science of Compassionate Love is an interdisciplinary volume that presents cutting-edge scholarship on the topics of altruism and compassionate love. The book
  • Adopts a social science approach to understanding compassionate love
  • Emphasizes positive features of social interaction
  • Encourages the appropriate expression of compassionate love both to those in intimate relationships and to strangers
  • Includes articles by distinguished contributors from the fields of Psychology, Sociology, Communication Studies, Family Studies, Epidemiology, Medicine and Nursing
  • Is ideal for workshops on compassionate love, Positive Psychology, and creating constructive interactions between health professionals and patients