Aequanimitas redux: William Osler on detached concern versus humanistic empathy

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 384-392

  Bryan, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

EMPATHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANISM; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

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