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From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1135718 in Books
- Published on: 2001-06-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 115 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Halpern's book is the result of many years of experience with patients...Her skillful interweavign of philosophical, medical, and psychological writings on emotion and empathy with descriptions of real-life cases results in a book that is unusually vivid, moving, and persuasive."--USA Academic
