In keeping with the theme of empathy...this article was brought to my attention. The topic of this article is how physicians may feel empathy, but have trouble communicating it to their patients. Some physicians could not read between the lines and ended up rambling in technical terms when all the patient wanted to know was "Am I getting better? or worse?" Interestingly, researchers also found that cancer patients did not always share their emotions with their oncologists.
The New York Times
By DENISE GRADY
Published: January 8, 2008
For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
See below for the research paper published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 25, No 36 (December 20), 2007: pp. 5748-5752© 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Kathryn I. Pollak, Robert M. Arnold, Amy S. Jeffreys, Stewart C. Alexander, Maren K. Olsen, Amy P. Abernethy, Celette Sugg Skinner, Keri L. Rodriguez, James A. Tulsky
Oncologist Communication About Emotion During Visits With Patients With Advanced Cancer
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