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What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

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Danielle Ofri
Danielle Ofri

Danielle Ofri, born in 1965, is an accomplished editor known for her keen insight and attention to detail. She has provided high-quality editing services to numerous publications. more

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“What these older physicians exhibited is termed clinical curiosity. They stroke to understand their patients in order to elucidate the underlying medical conditions. This thoroughness, patience, and dogged curiosity may have been ingrained in them because they trained at a time when they were no rapid CTs or MRIs. But even now, when these diagnostic tools are at their fingertips, these physicians maintain this approach to patients, one that serves to appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each patient and his or her illness.”

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