How Can People Do That?

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In medicine, and not every day or every patient, but once in a while, you're with someone, and then after that, they're a little better. And i think it's allso important for medical professionals to sort get hold of this thing and think about compassion and ampathy, emotions and al the other things that you roll into it. I thank you for what you do. Iii, want people to get your book. Ther the books is beautiful. And i Think, tt, it'll make, it'll ae you a better patient. Im. overworkedare tired or frustrated, but i'm never bored in medicine. It's an incredibly intense and intimate

In this episode, we talk to Danielle Ofri, a physician and author of "What Doctors Feel" - a book about the emotional lives of doctors and how compassion fatigue, biases, and other mental phenomena affect their decisions, their motivations, and their relationships with patients.

You'll also hear Ofri discuss emotional epidemiology, the viral-like spread of fear and other emotions that can lead to panics like those we've seen surrounding Ebola, the Swine Flu, SARS, and other illnesses.

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