Empathy, Emotion, and Ekstasis in the Patient-Physician Relationship
The place of clinical empathy in humanizing the medical encounter is discussed. Clinical empathy is viewed as having both cognitive and affective elements. It is argued that genuine empathy involves recognizing what the suffering of the patient feels like. This reaching out to the patient is connect...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2007]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2007, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 287-298 |
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patient-centered care
B patient-physician relationship B humanized medical care B Emotion B ekstasis B clinical empathy B theology of medicine |
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