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How can we teach empathy?

Posted on September 23, 2008

Study: Doctors show little empathyPhysicians might be superb at diagnosing and treating diseases, but they could use a lesson or two about how to care for their patients psyches, a study suggests. It found that cancer specialists and surgeons rarely responded with empathy to patients concerns.Researchers assessed transcripts of 20 audio recordings of consultations between men with lung cancer and surgeons or oncologists at a Veterans Affairs hospital. The transcripts revealed 384 opportunities for the doctors to show empathy patient comments such as this is overwhelming and I ...

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