The science of compassionate love :  theory, research, and applications / 
edited by Beverley Fehr, Susan Sprecher, and Lynn G. Underwood 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  c2009 
 - xv, 469 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Definitions, theory, and measurement -- The sociodemographics of compassionate love -- Compassionate love in close relationships -- Compassionate love for non-close others -- Compassionate love in health care and other caregiving contexts -- Compassionate love in an intercultural context 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405153935 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405153942 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Compassion