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Being a good doctor
Empathy in clinical practice—use your imagination
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5663 (Published 24 September 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l5663
- Sebastian Kraemer, honorary consultant
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, London NW3 5BA, UK
- kraemer{at}doctors.org.uk
Mathew’s welcome comment on empathy in medicine rightly notes that patients put high value on our capacity to “identify with and transiently experience” their emotional states.1 She does not say how this can be done.
For several years UCL medical students …
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