The Science of Compassionate Love: Theory, Research, and Applications

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