AMA 22: Empathy Is Wrong

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🗓️ 30 April 2019

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They tell us that more empathy is what we need to prevent "burnout" and provide better care for our patients. They're wrong...and here's why. Video, links, and more at zdoggmd.com/empathy-is-wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One, two, three.
0:02.0	Skinny face, yeah.
0:07.0	Hey guys, it's Zedog MDAK, Dr. Zubin Amania.
0:17.0	Okay, you are going to hear in healthcare that everybody needs more empathy.
0:21.2	We need to have empathy in order to do our jobs.
0:24.0	What's missing in the world is empathy.
0:25.8	That is 100% unadulterated horse.
0:28.9	And I'll tell you why.
0:30.9	Empathy is a terrible thing, especially in healthcare.
0:35.4	What is empathy?
0:36.4	It is feeling somebody else's pain as if it were your own.
0:41.4	Now how does that work?
0:42.8	If I feel a patient's pain as it were my own, I will act on behalf of that patient to relieve
0:49.4	the pain.
0:50.4	Now that act may not be the right decision for that patient.
0:54.1	It may not be the act that actually improves their life in the long run.
0:58.0	If somebody is addicted to opioids and you feel their pain, you give them the dilated
1:05.0	to take the pain away.
1:06.7	So empathy has this spotlight on feelings and you take it on as a burden to yourself.
1:11.6	The second problem with that as a healthcare provider is, well, you're going to burn out
1:16.4	feeling everyone's pain.
1:18.5	The idea is not to take the pain as your own.
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