Improving Communication between Physicians and Their Patients through Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Strategies: A Narrative Review Amutio-Kareaga, Alberto García-Campayo, Javier Delgado Pastor, Luis Carlos Hermosilla, Daniel Martínez-Taboada, Cristina Physician-patient relations Psychosocial support Mindfulness and compassion Communication Well-being Communication between physicians and patients is a key pillar of psychosocial support for enhancing the healing process of patients and for increasing their well-being and quality of life. Physicians and other health professionals might benefit from interventions that increase their self-care, awareness, compassion, and other-focused concern, and reduce the chances of distress and burnout. There is substantial evidence for the contribution of different management strategies to achieve these aims. The goal of this article is to review the potential effect of mindfulness and compassion-based strategies for the improvement of physician-patient interactions. The acquisition of the necessary skills by physicians requires continuous education. Future research will be useful for identifying more evidence on the cost-effectiveness of this type of intervention. 2018-01-24T08:56:18Z 2018-01-24T08:56:18Z 2017-03-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Amutio-Kareaga, A.; et. al. Improving Communication between Physicians and Their Patients through Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Strategies: A Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 6(3): 33 (2017). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49141] 2077-0383 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49141 10.3390/jcm6030033 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License MDPI