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. Patients complain that physicians are too detached. Halpern argues that by empathizing with patients, rather than detaching, physicians can best help t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford University Press, USA 2001.
Subjects:	Medical personnel and patient. Medical personnel > Attitudes. Empathy. Physician and patient. Emotions. Physician and patient Emotions Empathy Medical personnel and patient Medical personnel > Attitudes