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| Author/Contributor(s): |
Stein, Michael
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| Publisher: |
University of North Carolina Press
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| Date: |
10/18/2022
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| Binding: |
Paperback
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| Condition: |
NEW
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"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"--
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