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Sympathy, empathy, and physician resource utilization.

S D Nightingale1, P R Yarnold, M S Greenberg

  • 1Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
|September 1, 1991
PubMed
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Physicians preferring sympathy over empathy utilized more healthcare resources, including increased intubation preferences and laboratory tests. This indicates psychological aspects influence physician practice behaviors.

Area of Science:

  • Medical ethics
  • Physician behavior
  • Healthcare resource utilization

Background:

  • Physician empathy and sympathy are crucial for patient care.
  • Understanding the impact of these emotional responses on clinical decision-making is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if physicians favoring a sympathetic response over an empathetic one use more healthcare resources.
  • To explore the link between physician emotional orientation and practice patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Physicians chose between sympathetic and empathetic responses to patient scenarios.
  • Preferences for intubation and retrospective review of hospital records for laboratory tests and cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration were assessed.

Main Results:

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  • Physicians preferring sympathy showed higher intubation preferences (p<0.02).
  • Sympathetic physicians ordered more lab tests per patient (p<0.03).
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration was longer for sympathetic physicians (p<0.06).

Conclusions:

  • Sympathy and empathy represent psychological traits in physicians.
  • These traits demonstrably influence physician practice behaviors and resource utilization.