As important as a physician’s empathy is for a patient, as seen by the benefits for patients described, medical students’ ability to empathize decreases as they go through medical school as well as during residency….

Brown explains that empathy is a skill that strengthens with practice and encourages people to both give and receive it often. By receiving empathy, not only do we understand how good it feels to be heard and accepted, we also come to better understand…

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Here are five tips for raising an empathetic child:Be a responsive parent. Beginning in infancy, babies learn empathy when their needs are met by a caregiver….Label feelings.  When children are able to identify and name their own emotions, …