Making space for empathy: supporting doctors in the emotional labour of clinical care

BMC Medical Ethics - Tập 17 Số 1 - 2016
Angeliki Kerasidou1, Ruth Horn2
1Researcher in Global Health Ethics, The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
2Ethics and Society Wellcome Trust Fellow & Reseacher in Ethics, The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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