Enhancing second-order empathy in medical practice by supplementing patients’ narratives with certainties

Abstract Most scholars agree that empathy is one of the keys for medical education, but it is not yet clear precisely how this term should be defined. Currently, the predominant tendency in this area consists in considering empathy within the context of narrative medicine or, more specifically, with...

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Main Author: José María Ariso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1145-y