The Empathy Trap: Lessons from Contemplative Medicine | Jud Brewer | New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
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The Empathy Trap: Lessons from Contemplative Medicine | Jud Brewer | New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care


The Buddhist teacher Matthieu Ricard calls this dilemma “empathy fatigue.” In a study of doctors and nurses, Ricard and his collaborator Tania Singer, a neuroscientist and director of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, found that those who have empathy—who identify directly with their patients’ difficulties—get burned out. Those who have
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