Bola has become the scarest thing on earth to many americans, at least right now. And if we don't confront the emotional response, we won't be able to treat the disease well. Many of those same people who are glued to their televisions waiting to see if bola has made it o their county, they they've yet a flue shot.
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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