From detached concern to empathy: humanizing medical practice
Auteur :
Halpern, Jodi
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199768707
Date de publication :
8 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
281 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Physicians recognize the importance of patients' emotions in healing yet believe their own emotional responses represent lapses in objectivity. Patients complain that physicians are too detached. Halpern argues that by empathizing with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help them.