TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Empathy A1 - Egener, Barry A2 - Feldman, Mitchell D. A2 - Christensen, John F. A2 - Satterfield, Jason M. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e AB - The concept of empathy dates from the early years of this century, when discussions of the topic were restricted to psychotherapists’ analyses of their interactions with patients. More recently, the concept has received renewed attention from a wide spectrum of health practitioners and educators. They believe that empathy can positively affect communication with patients and thus lead to improved therapeutic outcomes. Many of the lay public regard empathy as an avenue to the restoration of compassion and humanism to the doctor–patient relationship, which has been increasingly impersonal and threatened by technology and financial pressures. Indeed recent studies have demonstrated that physician empathy increases patient satisfaction and improves clinical outcomes. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158312669 ER -