From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice

Univ. of California, Berkeley. Argues thatphysicians should empathize with patients, ratherthan being too detached. Challenges thetraditional assumption that empathy is eitherintellectual or an expression of sympathy. Authordevelops an account of emotional reasoning as thecore of clinical empathy.DNLM: Physician-Patient Relations.