Yes

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  by W. Diane Van Zwol

  Created on: October 01, 2009

  Doctors and Empathy: Treating Patients Effectively

  
  

  Should doctors have empathy? Yes, of course, doctors

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  by Ann Major

  Created on: June 25, 2010   Last Updated: July 06, 2011

  Certainly, doctors should have empathy!  With modern medicine approach, and an increasingly aging

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  by M. L. Kiser

  Created on: May 14, 2009   Last Updated: January 24, 2010

  I cannot even believe that someone needs to ask the question, “Should doctors have empathy”? 

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  by C. L. Jarm

  Created on: February 06, 2009   Last Updated: February 08, 2009

  Doctors, even though they need to have an objective opinion, should still be empathetic with their patients.

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  by Olivia Bredbenner

  Created on: May 07, 2009   Last Updated: June 03, 2009

  If doctors are not empathetic it would be apparent to most of the patients in their care. However,

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  by Casey Lyn

  Created on: May 28, 2009

  Facing a medical emergency can be a very difficult, emotional experience. Since most of us do not possess

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  by Reynold Conger

  Created on: May 27, 2009

  I suppose it is possible for a doctor to practice medicine with no emotional connection with his or

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  by Harry Burlington

  Created on: August 18, 2009   Last Updated: August 20, 2009

  Empathy is a natural human emotion towards others in situations of need, caused by thousands of factors,

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  by Rebecca K.

  Created on: September 18, 2009

  Of course doctors should have empathy, it should be as standard as their medical training. Imagine being

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  by Martina Billings-McAtee, RN

  Created on: December 04, 2009

  In the strictest definition of the term, empathy means the identification with and understanding of

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  by Volecia Plafcan

  Created on: October 25, 2009

  Many doctors are just that - doctors - as a result of someone dear to them dying, while they sit there