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Communication tips. Feeling understood: expression of empathy during medical consultations.

Marie‐Thérèse Lussier, Claude Richard

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Empathy, which was first developed in the field of psychotherapy, is a psychological strategy enabling care-givers to offer support to patients grappling with strong emotions, such as anger or sadness. Empathy is a very useful technique. While it has, wrongly, become synonymous with support in

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Empathy, which was first developed in the field of psychotherapy, is a psychological strategy enabling care-givers to offer support to patients grappling with strong emotions, such as anger or sadness. Empathy is a very useful technique. While it has, wrongly, become synonymous with support in

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Empathy, which was first developed in the field of psychotherapy, is a psychological strategy enabling care-givers to offer support to patients grappling with strong emotions, such as anger or sadness. Empathy is a very useful technique. While it has, wrongly, become synonymous with support in

Key concepts: Empathy, Sadness, Anger, Feeling, Expression (computer science), Medical care, Psychotherapist, Psychology

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