Should Doctors Care about their Patients?

Philosophy of Medicine 3 (1):1-2 (2022)
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Should doctors care about their patients? Understanding this as a question about the proper role of emotion in medical practice—that is, should doctors feel empathy and sympathy for their patients?—a clear answer is hard to find.

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10.5195/philmed.2022.98

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