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February 8, 2026JAMA0 citations

Building Empathy

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IBIan J. Barbash

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the significance of empathy in medicine through personal reflection.
  • Narrative essay format providing personal insights
  • Critical reflections on patient and family experiences
  • Examination of physician perspectives post-illness
  • Empathy enhances understanding of patients' and families' experiences.
  • Physicians often overlook significant emotional and physical challenges faced by patients.
  • Personal illness deepens empathetic awareness in healthcare providers.

Abstract

In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care physician who recovered from a critical illness reflects on the importance of empathy and how patients and families can feel and see things physicians can’t.

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Ian J. Barbash (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698829520fc35cd7a8849803https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.0009
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