Drexel University College of Medicine’s Dennis Novack, MD, Professor & Associate Dean of Medical Education, discusses how the College can teach students to communicate with patients and have more empathy.See it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion

HOW CREATIVE PEOPLE EMPATHIZEOne simple and useful definition of empathy comes from the cognitive neuroscientist Vittorio Gallese, who sums it up like this: “When we empathize with others, we understand what others are feeling, be it a particular emoti…

Of course we want our kids to be compassionate and sensitive to other people’s feelings. The problem is that many kids’ “empathy potential” is greatly handicapped because they don’t have the ability to identify and express…

Amnesty’s poll for International Children’s Book Day reveals half of parents think reading a book is the best way to develop empathy – but do you agree with the books they chose?  Have you ever read a book which has made you step …