30th anniversary commentary on Morse J.M., Bottorff J., Anderson G., O'Brien B. & Solberg S. (1992) Beyond empathy: expanding expressions of caring. Journal of Advanced Nursing 17, 809–821.

The section comments on the article "Beyond Empathy: Expanding Expressions of Caring," by J. M. Morse, et al, which appeared in the 1992 issue of the "Journal of Advanced Nursing." It expresses opinion on the authors' reference to therapeutic empathy as being a learned communication response. It suggests that there is a need for the nurse to use cognitive-behavioral empathy in order to understand the patient's state of readiness to accept pity. It also discusses the paper's findings.