‘I feel your pain’: Knowing when doctors should show empathy
Do we have the time or emotional energy to empathise with every patient, asks Dr Jim Newcombe
My family has gone through a bit in the past few years.
I’ve written about some of the highlights (lowlights, perhaps) in these pages: A paediatrician reveals another dirty secret about childbirth, Why is the miscarriage club still so secret?, When sibling rivalry takes a serious turn.
