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What is Empathy?
• Empathy is the capacity to enter into another person’s
experience
Paternalistic care ?
• What is it ?
• What is the opposite ?
MCQ
You are discussing the care of an elderly woman with her
family. Although she is awake and alert, the patient is very
ill and physically fragile. You are a waiting the results of a
biopsy for what will likely be cancer which has already
metastasized throughout the body. The family asks that
you inform them first about the results of the biopsy. They
are very loving and caring and are constantly surrounding
the Patient. They do not want to depress the patient
further and because there will be no hope for a cure they
see no reason to ruin her remaining life with this
information.