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Author Stein, Michael, 1960- author.

Title Accidental kindness : a doctor's notes on empathy / Michael Stein
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]

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Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Also by Michael Stein -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- A Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- 1. Remains -- 2. Losing Control -- 3. Acting like a Doctor -- 4. Full Hearted and Half Empty -- 5. Making Impressions -- 6. Random Acts of Kindness and Unkindness -- 7. Lying -- 8. Accidental Kindness -- 9. Forgiveness -- 10. Kindness Matters -- Acknowledgments -- References
Summary "We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. Drawing on his work as a primary care physician and a behavioral scientist, Michael Stein artfully examines the often conflicting goals of patients and their doctors. In those differences, Stein recognizes that kindness should not be a patient's forbidden or unrealistic expectation"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 26, 2022)
Subject Stein, Michael, 1960-
Empathy.
Kindness.
Physicians -- United States -- Conduct of life
Physician and patient -- United States
Empathy
empathy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
Empathy
Kindness
Physician and patient
Physicians -- Conduct of life
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469671833
1469671832
9781469671826
1469671824