What does compassion toward people in crisis look like?
After her 15-year career as a San Francisco EMT and paramedic, Joanna Sokol is more confused about the answer than ever before.
Is it compassionate to force someone to conform to your idea of a healthy lifestyle? Or is it compassionate to respect someone’s autonomy and let them die on the street? Is it compassionate to push troubled people out of sight so that everyone else feels better?…