Empathy Quote by Danielle Ofri

What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes…

— Abraham Verghese

“Empathy requires being attuned to the patient's perspective and understanding how the illness is woven into this particular persons' life. Last--and this is where…

— Danielle Ofri

For the most part, people use "empathy" to mean everything good. For instance, many medical schools have courses in empathy. But if you look…

— Paul Bloom

“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to locate.”

— Christine Montross

“First lesson taught to doctors in medical college: "Be emotional about the disease, not the patient.”

— Durjoy Datta

“No one in medical school or beyond is charged with having to be compassionate toward you, so you must learn to do it yourself.”

— Jeremy Spiegel

We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the…

— Abraham Verghese

In medical school, students are immersed in the realm of medical ethics. It's where new doctors study, learn right and wrong, ask tough questions,…

— Ralph Northam

“for it is precisely the humanity, affability, and brotherly compassion of a doctor which prove the most efficacious remedies for his patients.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“What distinguishes leaders in medicine goes far beyond that knowledge, into interpersonal skills like empathy, conflict resolution, and people development.”

— Daniel Goleman

Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a…

— Albert Einstein

When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of long hours and devastating health outcomes: they know…

— Adam Grant