From Detached Concern to Empathy

Author: Jodi Halpern
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0199768706
Category: Medical

From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice

Physicians recognize the importance of patients' emotions in healing yet believe their own emotional responses represent lapses in objectivity. Download From Detached Concern to Empathy medical books for free.
Patients complain that physicians are too detached. Halpern argues that by empathizing with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help them. Yet there is no consistent view of what, precisely, clinical empathy involves. This book challenges the traditional assumption that empathy is either purely intellectual or an expression of sympathy. Sympathy, according to many physicians, involves over-identifying with patients, threatening objectivity and respect for patient autonomy.

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Patients complain that physicians are too detached. Halpern argues that by empathizing with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help them. Yet there is no consistent view of what, precisely, clinical empathy involves. This book challenges the traditional assumption that empathy is either purely intellectual or an expression of sympathy

How can doctors use empathy in diagnosing and treating patients rithout jeopardizing objectivity or projecting

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