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Accidental kindness : a doctor's notes on empathy / Michael Stein, M.D.

Author
Stein, Michael, 1960-
Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
Physical Description
206 pages ; 21 cm

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"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"--
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9781469671802 hardcover
1469671808 hardcover
9781469671819 paperback
1469671816 paperback
9781469671826 electronic book
9781469671833 electronic book
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Includes bibliographical references.
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