From detached concern to empathy : humanizing medical practice /

Physicians recognise the importance of patients' emotions in healing, yet believe their own emotional responses represent lapses in objectivity. Patients complain that physicians are too detached. The book argues that by empathising with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help...

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Weitere Titel:
Humanizing medical practice
1. Verfasser:
Halpern, Jodi
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Physicians recognise the importance of patients' emotions in healing, yet believe their own emotional responses represent lapses in objectivity. Patients complain that physicians are too detached. The book argues that by empathising 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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xx, 165 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-026772-0
1-282-54367-9
9786612543678
0-19-974771-7
Schlagworte:
Medical personnel and patient.
Medical personnel > Attitudes.
Empathy.
Physician and patient.
Emotions.
Physician-Patient Relations. > NLM-D010817
Attitude of Health Personnel. > NLM-D001291
Emotions. > NLM-D004644
Empathy. > NLM-D004645
Professional-Patient Relations. > NLM-D011369
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