Empathy & Compassion

Helen Riess discusses “Empathy Research and Education”

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Part of “Empathy: The Development and Disintegration of Human Connection” A symposium sponsored by the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior January 17, 2013 |…

 

Helen Riess, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical
School and Director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program in the
Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She conducts
translational research utilizing the neuroscience of emotions in educational
curricula to improve empathy and relational skills in physicians and other health
care providers.

Culture of Empathy Builder:  Helen Riess

http://j.mp/M5XQ7Y

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