The need for empathetic healthcare systems

Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient. This means that the skill set required for healthcare professionals in order to provide good care is...

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Autores principales: Kerasidou, Angeliki, Bærøe, Kristine, Berger, Zackary, Caruso Brown, Amy E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8639938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32709754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105921
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spelling pubmed-86399382021-12-15 The need for empathetic healthcare systems Kerasidou, Angeliki Bærøe, Kristine Berger, Zackary Caruso Brown, Amy E J Med Ethics Original Research Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient. This means that the skill set required for healthcare professionals in order to provide good care is a combination of scientific knowledge, technical aptitude, and affective qualities or virtues such as compassion and empathy. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-12 2020-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8639938/ /pubmed/32709754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105921 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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