Empathy and the Practice of Medicine
Beyond Pills and the Scalpel
Published on 29. December 1993
Book
Hardback
219 pages
978-0-300-05840-6 (ISBN)
Description
Seeking to restore empathy to medical practice, this book aims to demonstrate how important it is for doctors to listen to their patients, to experience and to understand what their patients are feeling. The book is a collection of essays by physicians, philosophers and a nurse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 242 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-05840-6 (9780300058406)
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