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Author Stein, Michael, 1960- author.

Title Accidental kindness : a doctor's notes on empathy / Michael Stein, M.D.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  610.696 STE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  610.696 STEIN    Check Shelf
Description 206 pages ; 18 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "We will all be patients sooner or later. And when we go to the doctor, when we're hurting, we tend to think in terms of cause and condemnation. We often look for relief not only from physical symptoms but also from our self-blame. We want from our doctors kindness under any of its many names: empathy, caring, compassion, humanity. Drawing on his work as a primary care physician and a behavioral scientist, Michael Stein artfully examines the often conflicting goals of patients and their doctors. In those differences, Stein recognizes that kindness should not be a patient's forbidden or unrealistic expectation"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Stein, Michael, 1960-
Physician and patient -- United States.
Physicians -- United States -- Conduct of life.
Kindness.
Empathy.
Empathy. (OCoLC)fst00908880
Kindness. (OCoLC)fst00987598
Physician and patient. (OCoLC)fst01062819
Physicians -- Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst01062848
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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