Ethics, empathy, and gender in health care

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doi:10.1176/ajp.150.9.1309

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“…Cada vez se tiene más en cuenta la importancia de los aspectos emocionales y relacionales en la deliberación y resolución de conflictos éticos, así como el valor de la medicina narrativa y su relación con la ética. Algunos autores 13 hablan de la medicina ética como medicina empática.…”

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La empatía médica, ¿nace o se hace? Evolución de la empatía en estudiantes de medicina

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La empatía médica, ¿nace o se hace? Evolución de la empatía en estudiantes de medicina

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“…In no other setting is empathy more paramount than in the medical field in the context of patient care [3]. An accumulation of recent findings suggests that the current structure of medical education and the pervading model of health care delivery erode the innate predisposition to empathize [4]–[9].…”

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Empathy as a Function of Clinical Exposure - Reading Emotion in the Eyes

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BackgroundEvidence based largely on self-report data suggests that factors associated with medical education erode the critical human quality of empathy. These reports have caused serious concern among medical educators and clinicians and have led to changes in medical curricula around the world. This study aims to provide a more objective index of possible changes in empathy across the spectrum of clinical exposure, by using a behavioural test of empathic accuracy in addition to self-report questionnaires. Moreover, non-medical groups were used to control for maturation effects.MethodsThree medical groups (N = 3×20) representing a spectrum of clinical exposure, and two non-medical groups (N = 2×20) matched for age, sex and educational achievements completed self-report measures of empathy, and tests of empathic accuracy and interoceptive sensitivity.ResultsBetween-group differences in reported empathy related to maturation rather than clinical training/exposure. Conversely, analyses of the “eyes” test results specifically identified clinical practice, but not medical education, as the key influence on performance. The data from the interoception task did not support a link between visceral feedback and empathic processes.ConclusionsClinical practice, but not medical education, impacts on empathy development and seems instrumental in maintaining empathetic skills against the general trend of declining empathic accuracy with age.

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“…The male participants reported that their female colleagues used more expression of emotions in relation to empathy during their professional practice. It is noted that empathy is important in social work practice (Gerdes and Segal, 2011) and it is one of the skills needed in the social work profession (Travithick, 2000) hence, social workers are encouraged to use or express empathy irrespective of gender (Nadelson, 1993).…”

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