What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

Although we think of doctors as stoic, almost robotic, creatures of logic and science, What Doctors Feel examines the emotions like shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and love that affect patient care. Doctors are praised for their intelligence and knowledge, but little has been said or studied of their emotional intelligence. Author Dr. Danielle Ofri dissects the emotional responses of doctors, importantly, and how these emotions directly influence patients. Recounting stories of caregivers caught up in the whirlwind life of doctoring, the stories here reveal that emotions have a distinct effect on how doctors care for their patients. 

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