Empathy, education and interpersonal engagement
The Ottawa Hospital
In this presentation, Dr. Edward G. Spilg from the University of Ottawa's Department of Medicine explains why empathy is a communication competence that should play an important role in the patient-physician relationship: its goal is for a physician to understand a patient's emotions.
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