Psychology and More

A New York Times piece explores the link between patients and doctors who can truly understand their experience. This connects to our discussion this week in Introduction to Psychology regarding empathy.

Understanding Empathy: Can You Feel My Pain? – New York Times:

Is shared experience really necessary for a physician to understand or treat a patient? I wonder. After all, who would argue that a cardiologist would be more competent if he had had his own heart attack, or an oncologist more effective if he had had a brush with cancer?

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