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Shakespeare’s Plays Could Help Medical Students Connect More Closely With Their Patients, Here’s How – LatestLY
Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr David Jeffrey, of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, investigated…
Washington, April 2: A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr David Jeffrey, of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, investigated how the playwright’s empathic approach – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another – can enhance the patient-doctor relationship.
Dr Jeffrey stated that the…
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