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The Compassion Project

The Compassion Project

A Case for Hope and Humankindness from the Town That Beat Loneliness

by Julian Abel and Lindsay Clarke
Hardback
Publication Date: 19/09/2020

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The true story of the town that beat loneliness
Frome in Somerset, UK has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation. While emergency admissions to hospitals across Somerset have increased by 29%, incurring a 21% increase in costs, Frome has seen admissions fall by 17%, with a 21% reduction in costs.

Society has developed in such a way to facilitate a drastic malnourishment of community, connection and compassion. This book sets out the case for the effective restoration of the active power of compassion as a widely available, fundamental force for good in all aspects of human life. In the process, it draws attention to research which demonstrates that an innate capacity and need for compassionate behavior is closely woven into the fabric of our bodies.

But this is also a book with stories to tell - the stories of how, by harnessing the power of compassion in the lives of real men and women, the small English town of Frome has opened up a new approach to the practice of medicine which has improved individual health and welfare while at the same time enhancing the vitality of the whole community. The effects of this approach have proved so beneficial that it has attracted international attention and is now transforming perspectives on issues of healthcare and social welfare across the world.

ISBN:
9781783253364
9781783253364
Category:
Personal & public health
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
19-09-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Octopus Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
241.3x162.56x29.21mm
Weight:
0.45kg
Lindsay Clarke

Lindsay Clarke is one of Britain’s best known modern novelists. He is author of The Chymical Wedding, and won the Whitbread Prize for literature in 1989. He works extensively with mythology and legend in both his writings and in workshops in the UK and abroad.

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