Walking a fine line: is it possible to remain an empathic physician and have a hardened heart?

摘要: Establishing an empathic physician-patient relationship is essential physician skill. This chapter discusses the sexually dimorphic aspects of neural components involved in affective and cognitive empathy, examines why men women medical students or physicians express different levels empathy. Studies reveal student empathy can help which specialty a will enter. The data show with higher enter into specialties characterized by large amounts patient contact continuity care; individuals lower desire having little no to care. Burnout stress decrease had when they first entered school unacceptable levels. Conversely, too empathetic let conditions reactions interfere ability provide effective By learning blunt responses, establish certain degree detachment order objective However, must not become so detached hardened that their conduct appears callous, because it still important for physicians, especially those amount contact, use communication skills.