Placebo and Nocebo Effects Placebo and nocebo effects (effects of patients' positive and
negative expectations) are powerful and pervasive in clinical practice. Neurobiologic …

Background Empathy as a characteristic of patient–physician communication in both
general practice and clinical care is considered to be the backbone of the patient–physician …

Importance Time constraints, technology, and administrative demands of modern medicine
often impede the human connection that is central to clinical care, contributing to physician …

Purpose Some research shows that empathy declines during medical school. The authors
conducted an updated, systematic review of the literature on empathy-enhancing …

Background Physician empathy is both theoretically and empirically critical to patient health,
but research indicates that empathy declines throughout medical school and is lower than …

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What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

Background Job stress and burnout are common among healthcare professionals, and
nurses in particular. In addition to the heavy workload and lack of recourses, nurses are also …

Background: Medical practitioners such as physicians are continuously exposed to the
suffering and the distress of patients. Understanding the way pain perception relates to …

Background Human connection is at the heart of medical care, but questions remain as to
the effectiveness of interpersonal interventions. The purpose of this review was to …