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Please Don't Break My Other Leg! is a guide to improving communication between health care professionals and patients. Valerie Mirvis breathes new life into the teaching of empathic skills by writing in an engaging and moving style and by including genuine case histories, controversial scientific research, imagery, literary quotations and Rikki Marr's specially commissioned illustrations.
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The title refers to the metaphoric broken leg that illness confers. Empathetic skills in the patient-healthcare professional/visitor relationship can be taught according to this social worker. Mirvis examines such beside manner topics as empathy vs. sympathy, the nature-nurture debate over empathy, and emotions' effects on health. Her message is reinforced by case examples of exceptional patients and incisive illustrations. The book is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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