Why read What Doctors Feel?

Book cover of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

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“A fascinating journey into the heart and mind of a physician” that explores the doctor-patient relationship, the flaws in our health care system, and how doctors’ emotions impact medical care (Boston Globe)

While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives,…

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1 author picked What Doctors Feel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jessica Nutik Zitter, M.D.

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This book does a great job of reminding non-doctors that physicians are not robots or heroes but human beings who put their pants on like everyone else.

Doctors are people with a full range of emotions, insecurities, and doubt. Ofri draws on stories from her own training and practice that show how feelings generate the necessary empathy needed in the practice of medicine, but if left unexamined, can also lead to terrible harm.

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