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From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice Halpern, Jodi (Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of California, Berkeley, USA)
From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice
Halpern, Jodi (Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, University of California, Berkeley, USA)
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the cognitive and ethical role of emotion, particularly empathy, in medical practice. The author explains how doctors can use empathy in diagnosing and treating patients without jeopardizing their objectivity or projecting their own values on to patients.
188 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 28, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195111194 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 190 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 236 × 20 mm · 478 g |
| Language | English |