The Humanistic Clinician

TL;DR

This paper explores the humanistic aspects of clinical practice, focusing on empathy, care, and resilience in modern healthcare.

Contribution

It introduces a framework for integrating humanistic values into medical practice and decision-making.

Findings

Modern healthcare requires balancing autonomy with interdependence in decision-making.

Humanistic practice emphasizes empathy, compassion, and mutual support in patient care.

Changing expectations of older adults highlight the need for humanistic approaches in medicine.

Abstract

The Humanistic Clinician will invite audience participants to achieve new insights to enrich their appreciation for how we define the human condition including our capacity for empathy, care, compassion, vulnerability, resilience, and mutual support. The presentation will address changes in medicine, healthcare expectations of older adults, tensions between autonomy and interdependence surrounding healthcare decisions and guide-posts of humanistic practice.