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The Empathic Physician-Reply

The Empathic Physician-Reply This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract I appreciate Jensen's supportive comments. The questions he asks are difficult, with no clear answers in the literature. The original German word for empathy was die Einfühlung, which means literally "feeling into." This certainly implies some level of affective sharing although, in many cases, it may be quite muted. I think the more important aspect of empathy, as I have viewed it in my essay, is in knowing the experience of another, which comes from experience, fantasy, and emotion. There is always a concern about burnout among physicians who are too affectively close to their patients. I think burnout is more likely a result of the economic, administrative, and time pressures on the physician and is an inverse function of the richness of his/her life outside of medicine. I have tried to make the case that being empathic will actually improve professional durability because, in most cases, it will allow http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

The Empathic Physician-Reply

Zinn, William
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 154 (1) – Jan 10, 1994
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The Empathic Physician-Reply

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract I appreciate Jensen's supportive comments. The questions he asks are difficult, with no clear answers in the literature. The original German word for empathy was die Einfühlung, which means literally "feeling into." This certainly implies some level of affective sharing although, in many cases, it may be quite muted. I think the...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1994 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9926
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1538-3679
DOI
10.1001/archinte.1994.00420010142018
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract I appreciate Jensen's supportive comments. The questions he asks are difficult, with no clear answers in the literature. The original German word for empathy was die Einfühlung, which means literally "feeling into." This certainly implies some level of affective sharing although, in many cases, it may be quite muted. I think the more important aspect of empathy, as I have viewed it in my essay, is in knowing the experience of another, which comes from experience, fantasy, and emotion. There is always a concern about burnout among physicians who are too affectively close to their patients. I think burnout is more likely a result of the economic, administrative, and time pressures on the physician and is an inverse function of the richness of his/her life outside of medicine. I have tried to make the case that being empathic will actually improve professional durability because, in most cases, it will allow

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Archives of Internal Medicine – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 10, 1994

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