From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice

Oup Usa (2001)
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This book offers an in-depth analysis of the cognitive and ethical role of emotion, particularly empathy, in medical practice. The author explains how doctors can use empathy in diagnosing and treating patients without jeopardizing their objectivity or projecting their own values on to patients.

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