Are Doctors Who Have Been Ill More Compassionate? Attitudes of Resident Physicians Regarding Personal Health Issues and the Expression of Compassion in Clinical Care
PsychosomaticsPublished 1 July 2011
Laura Weiss Roberts, Teddy D. Warner, Christine Moutier, Cynthia Geppert, Katherine A. Green Hammond
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Health care trainees' own illness experiences may increase compassionate patient care practices and foster empathy, and residents believe that experience with personal health issues enhances physician compassion for patients.
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Health care trainees' own illness experiences may increase compassionate patient care practices and foster empathy.
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