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Forty Years since "Taking Care of the Hateful Patient"
Richard B Gunderman1, Peter R Gunderman
1Chancellor's Professor of radiology, pediatrics, medical education, philosophy, liberal arts, philanthropy, and medical humanities and health studies at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
AMA Journal of Ethics
|April 22, 2017
Abstract:
Using the word "hateful" is not the only option in describing patients who induce in clinicians feelings of dread. We suggest an alternative approach to the language of hate, one that seeks dignity and perhaps even a divine spark in every patient.