Empathy and the Practice of Medicine Beyond Pills and the Scalpel

Howard Spiro

Hardback (04 Jan 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Seeking to restore empathy to medical practice, this book aims to demonstrate how important it is for doctors to listen to their patients, to experience and to understand what their patients are feeling. The book is a collection of essays by physicians, philosophers and a nurse.

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Yale University Press

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300058406
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Yale University Press
Pub date:	04 Jan 1994
DEWEY:	610.696
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	222
Weight:	480g
Height:	160mm
Width:	242mm
Spine width:	23mm