Open AccessNurturing Empathy: An Oncologist Looks at Medicine and Himself
Author(s) -
Rahman Fazlur
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0387
Subject(s) - empathy , medicine , medical education , patient care , nursing , psychiatry
Empathy in medicine matters. A doctor reflects on his experience as a patient and the need for clinicians to re‐engage with patients empathically while giving the best care possible. In addition, we must begin teaching our students and trainees medical humanities as early as we can, because empathy can be nurtured.