Making space for empathy: Supporting doctors in the emotional labour of clinical care
January 27, 2016 BMC Medical Ethics
This article looks at the need for physicians to be both clinically competent and empathetic to their patients as well as the impact of those requirements on physicians themselves and their emotional well-being.
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