Studying Shakespeare for empathy
Studying Shakespeare could help medical students connect with patients: A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more...
Tag: empathy
Empathy makes you a better doctor
It’s just common sense that doctors who have empathy make better doctors. However, until now, the benefit to patients has not been quantified, which makes...
Diana’s endless empathy
How did Diana learn to become the 'Queen of Hearts' for the marginalised and unloved? Nurse Helen Cowan says she has met nurses and carers...
Doctors need empathy
Empathy in clinical practice is an essential component of the doctor-patient relationship. This is the understanding of how another human being is feeling without going...
Empathy is crucial in medicine
It does concern me when I see a nurse brushing off a patient or ignoring little signs of distress. It doesn’t happen often, but compassion...
An emotional neurosurgeon anyone?
A few years ago, as I was attending a medical dinner in London with 500 or more senior medical colleagues, I was disturbed that the guest...
