RT Book, Section
A1 Egener, Barry
A2 Feldman, Mitchell D.
A2 Christensen, John F.
A2 Satterfield, Jason M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1158312669
T1 Empathy
T2 Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071767705
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158312669
RD 2024/04/23
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.