A qualitative study of physicians' views on compassionate patient care and spirituality: medicine as a spiritual practice?
Physicians value compassion, linking it to spiritual values and self-care, but identify challenges in daily practice. Further study is needed to explore how to support physicians' provision of compassionate care and prevent burnout.
Our results strongly support the notion that the TGFbeta1/ET-1 axis has a role in wound repair and skin fibrosis. ET-1 receptor antagonists, such as bosentan, may represent a useful therapeutic tool in the treatment of excessive scarring and fibrosis-related diseases.