Patrick C Pietroni

ProfessorPatrick C Pietroni, DSc (Hon), FRCP, FRCGP, MFPH, lives in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK—the birthplace of Charles Darwin—as well as in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he is currently the director of the Centre for the Study of Compassion at the University of New Mexico. Pietroni has published several books and numerous academic articles. He founded and was editor of the Journal of Interprofessional Care, the International Journal of Cuban Studies, and the Journal of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care.

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Poetry and Global Compassion

SF Design, llc / FrescoBooks

In the third volume of his series of poems on compassion, Professor Pietroni focuses specifically on the concept of global compassion.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Poetry and the Science of Compassion

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Professor Pietroni outlines how science, especially neuroscience, has allowed us to begin to understand the biological, chemical, and physical nature of compassion.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Poetry and the Education of Compassion

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In this fourth volume of his series of poems on compassion, Professor Patrick Pietroni focuses specifically on the education of compassion.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Poetry and the Psychology of Compassion

SF Design, llc / FrescoBooks

In this fifth volume of his series of poems on compassion, Professor Patrick Pietroni outlines how the more modern study of the brain using MRI scanning and neuroimagining has enhanced our understanding of the psychology of compassion.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Poetry of Morality, the Religions, and Compassion

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This particular volume focuses on the emergence of the major religions in human societies and explores how these religions agree that compassion is among the highest of human virtues.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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The Poetry and the Evolution of Compassion

SF Design, llc / FrescoBooks

This particular volume focuses on the evolution of compassion and tries to bring together two of the most contested subjects in academia.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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