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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2007]
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Journal of religion and health
Année: 2007, Volume: 46, Numéro: 2, Pages: 287-298 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Résumé: | 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 connected with the Christian theological concept of ekstasis. Ekstasis has as its goal the establishment of communion. It is further argued that ekstasis and communion are the fundamental moments in clinical empathy. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-006-9071-4 |