http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/do-doctors-lack-empathy/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/do-doctors-lack-empathy/#comment-34070 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:27:54 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=14554#comment-34070 I personally do not feel that we can generalise that all doctors lack empathy. However that said, medicine is getting very commercialised and I can see how this can lead to lack of empathy in doctors at least to some extent over the long term.

]]> http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/do-doctors-lack-empathy/#comment-24911 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:25:13 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=14554#comment-24911 It should be noted that Jean Decety is male. Doesn’t take much more than a Google search to figure that out.

]]> http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/do-doctors-lack-empathy/#comment-24883 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:25:41 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=14554#comment-24883 May I suggest a further resource to learn more about empathy and compassion.
The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy
The Culture of Empathy website is the largest internet portal for resources and information about the values of empathy and compassion. It contains articles, conferences, definitions, experts, history, interviews,  videos, science and much more about empathy and compassion.
http://CultureOfEmpathy.com

]]> http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/do-doctors-lack-empathy/#comment-24878 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:28:32 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/?p=14554#comment-24878 My guess is that medical professionals, in general, maintain a high level of empathy, but have developed a mental mechanism to be able to maintain focus and perform painful but necessary procedures.

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