From ancient consolation and negative care to modern empathy and the neurosciences

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 33 (1):25-32 (2012)
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A historical understanding of the virtue of consolation, as contrasted to empathy, compassion, or sympathy, is developed. Recent findings from neuroscience are presented which support and affirm this understanding. These findings are related to palliative care and its current practice in bioethics.

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10.1007/s11017-012-9212-6

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On the problem of empathy.Edith Stein - 1986 - Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications.
On the Problem of Empathy.Edith Stein - 1964 - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 28 (4):547-547.

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