Siegler, who has been a general practitioner for more than 40 years and is also a leading medical ethicist, still makes house calls. His business card also lists his personal cell and home phone numbers. Studies show that a good rapport between doctors and patients correlates with positive health outcomes. Though many medical schools teach the importance of showing empathy, this new institute will put compassion and empathy “on the same pedestal as science and technology,” said Siegler in the article. He goes on to say that the University of Chicago will have a goal to “preserve the sense of kindness” in medical students before it is “beaten out of them” during their training. To read the article, click here. For more on about mindfulness’s benefits for the healthcare system, read the following story from Mindful.org: Healing the Whole Person: It’s caring, it’s cost-effective, and it works. Is integrative medicine the future of health care? Kelly McGonigal explores this emerging field of medicine.
