Practice Humane News Today

Sir, Rob Behrens makes a timely appeal for a more empathetic approach in medical training (“ ‘Toxic’ NHS puts people at risk, says NHS watchdog”, news, Nov 18). An empathetic patient-doctor

The works of William Shakespeare should be built into the medical undergraduate curriculum to teach students how to connect more closely with their patients, a doctor suggests. Dr David Jeffrey, a palliative care doctor at the University of Edinburgh, is calling for more emotional connections in clinical practice to improve doctor-patient relations interactions over the world.  Currently, doctors can distance themselves from patients, avoiding emotions by focusing on biomedical facts – a p...