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The empathic physician

W Zinn1

  • 1Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

Archives of Internal Medicine
|February 8, 1993
PubMed
Summary
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Empathy in medicine enhances patient understanding and connection. Physicians using empathy can improve patient expression of distress and foster therapeutic relationships.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Humanities
  • Psychology
  • Clinical Communication

Background:

  • Empathy is crucial for effective physician-patient interactions.
  • It involves understanding subjective experiences while maintaining objectivity.
  • Empathy can enhance patient trust and disclosure of emotional distress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define empathy in the medical context.
  • To explore the developmental roots of empathy.
  • To highlight the therapeutic potential of physician empathy.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of empathy.
  • Review of developmental psychology principles.
  • Exploration of communication strategies in medicine.

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Main Results:

  • Empathy provides physicians with personalized patient insights.
  • It fosters patient-physician connectedness, encouraging emotional expression.
  • Empathy's roots lie in development, experience, memory, and fantasy.

Conclusions:

  • Physician empathy offers a deeper patient understanding.
  • Reflecting empathic insight through language can be therapeutic.
  • Empathy supports patients by validating experiences and encouraging expression.