Medscape October 11, 2024
Physicians who treat patients are potentially exposed to two opposing psychological processes: A positive feeling related to the experience of helping someone in need and, on the other hand, the adverse experience of seeing someone’s suffering and being frustrated about their inability to help. The ability to share the feelings of others is often referred to as empathy, while the ability to care for and show interest in others is the key aspect of compassion. Empathy makes it possible to share the positive and negative feelings of others in the same way: We can therefore feel happy when we indirectly share others’ joy and sad when we indirectly share others’ suffering.
Empathy in healthcare professionals is associated with patient satisfaction,...
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