Quotes by : Danielle Ofri

What these older physicians exhibited is termed clinical curiosity. They stroke to understand their patients....

How the sadness is handled by the physician has a powerful impact on the medical care received by the....

Burnout also leads to a large swath of physicians who aren't as empathetic toward their patients as they....

In general, empathy is easier the more we can identify with someone. When we can genuinely envision ourselves....

Empathy--the ability to identify with someone else's suffering--is certainly a prerequisite for a genuine....

But at the most basic level, doctors need to be able to come forward with their errors and near-misses,....

The very fact that these doctors continuing to be doctors--highly successful ones--despite their errors....

It can be rough going to maintain both composure and empathy in these situations, but a doctor's failure....

Grief ate at these doctors, distracting them from both their families and their patients. Many reported....

Empathy requires being attuned to the patient's perspective and understanding how the illness is woven....