What place does kindness have in medicine?
Updated: 2023-08-25 10:31:30
Skip to content Home Topic Index JME What place does kindness have in medicine Posted on August 25, 2023 by Hazem Zohny By Katherine . Cheung Asking whether kindness should play a role in medicine , and if our physicians should be asked to be kind , looks like a redundant question it seems as though any person should answer yes . However , Dr . Edwin Jesudason interestingly points out that in choosing to be kind , we might also have to choose to whom we should be kind , and to what extent . Kindness , he argues , could lead to harm and wrongdoing due to its discretionary . nature Answering whether this is true encourages us to turn to and examine what we mean by âkindnessâ , and what this concept encompasses . In comparison with other concepts such as empathy or compassion , kindness