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How do we understand empathy systemically?
Author(s) -
Wilkinson Mary
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1992.00452.x
Subject(s) - empathy , context (archaeology) , psychology , systemic therapy , social psychology , medicine , biology , paleontology , cancer , breast cancer
This paper considers what a systemic understanding of empathy might be in the context of recent developments in systemic approaches. Clinical work is the basis for an exploration of which systemic ideas might be useful in thinking about ‘systemic empathy’. The question of whether empathy is inherent in the systemic approach is considered.