Hospitality to strangers : empathy in the physician-patient relationship / Dorothy M. Owens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owens, Dorothy M.

Series:

American Academy of Religion academy series ; no. 100.

American Academy of Religion academy series ; no. 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physician and patient.

Empathy.

Physical Description:

viii, 163 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Scholars Press, [1999]

Summary:

In an era of transition and tension in American health care, Dorothy M. Owens offers a model of empathic communication that benefits both patients and physicians. Drawing from concepts in the domains of psychology and theology, she constructs a model of empathy that is ethical and reciprocal. An integrated model of empathy recognizes the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social nature of human beings. Empathy is a clinically useful, time-effective communication skill that can be taught in medical and pastoral education. Dr. Owens's unique approach to empathy is applicable to other professional and personal relationships as well.

Contents:

I. Suffering and the Stranger 7

Medicine, Psychology, Theology and Suffering 8

Hospitality to Strangers 24

Care 27

II. Psychological Domain: Empathy as Paradox 32

Definitions and Development 32

Reciprocity and Complex Healing Process 39

Paradox and Mystery 51

III. Theological Domain: Empathy as Transcendent Phenomenon 62

Buber and Relationship 63

"Between" and the Interhuman 73

Hospitality and the Infinite 78

IV. Ethical Domain: Empathy as Healing Relationship 89

Paternalism and Autonomy 90

Ethic of Suffering 97

Healing Relationship 104

V. Medicine: An Integrative Model of Empathy 111

Purpose of Medicine 112

Empathy 128

Medical Education 134

Appendix Course Syllabus 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).

ISBN:

078850603X

OCLC:

42761859