Education for clinical relationships: Pedagogy and play

摘要

From their starting point - the view that many doctors lack 'democratic' and empathic attitudes and behaviour — Bleakley and Marshall launch a challenging critique of how medical curricula prepare students for clinical relationships. Their warning that a technical approach to communication cannot, alone, do justice to the reality of clinical relationships is important. Bleakley and Marshall1 focus on empathy, which has been subject to much investigation with a technical focus on linking empathy to specific behaviours.