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Doctors have feelings too.

W M Zinn1

  • 1Department of Medicine, Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA 02139.

JAMA
|June 10, 1988
PubMed
Summary
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Physician emotions offer diagnostic insights into patient conditions like depression. Self-awareness of these emotional reactions is crucial for enhancing the patient-physician relationship and improving care.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Psychology
  • Clinical Communication

Background:

  • Medical encounters are inherently emotional.
  • Physician emotional responses can be valuable diagnostic tools.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the diagnostic utility of physician emotional responses.
  • To highlight the role of self-awareness in the patient-physician dynamic.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of physician emotional reactions during patient interactions.
  • Exploration of how patient emotions elicit clinician responses.

Main Results:

  • Patient emotional states can trigger complementary physician reactions, serving as diagnostic clues for syndromes like depression.
  • Physician's idiosyncratic emotional responses may lead to diagnostic or therapeutic errors.

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Conclusions:

  • Physician emotional responses provide valuable information about patients and clinicians.
  • Developing self-awareness is essential for leveraging these emotional insights to improve patient care and relationships.