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Just over a third of NHS patients are satisfied with their care. This can easily be improved.
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Placebos are the closest thing to magic that medicine has discovered.
Mindfulness means being attentive to those around us and not just ourselves.
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Being more mindful to our own needs as well as those of the people in our lives can help us be more compassionate and attentive.
Dans un contexte d’augmentation des risques psychosociaux, ignorer les émotions au travail n’aide pas…
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Stereotypes continue to provide excuses to executives for not exercising what likely constitutes the most critical skill for leadership.
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A lack of empathy can be fatal, for both doctors and patients.
Sexism, harassment and bullying are rife in the UK’s Red Arrows.
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Elite groups often become trapped in echo chambers.
Endometriosis pain can be so severe that it impairs a person’s ability to keep up with school, succeed at work or have a satisfying sex life.
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Health care providers often dismiss endometriosis pain as ‘all in your head’ − which can delay a correct diagnosis and treatment for years.
Listening to and learning from each other can help build future teachers’ empathy.
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It is crucial to cultivate teachers who are socially aware and critical, especially in today’s unequal society
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau arrive at Westminster Abbey prior to the coronation ceremony of King Charles in London in May 2023.
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Many Canadians likely have a great deal of empathy for what Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are going through right now — which is why opposition politicians should too.
Artificial intelligence is changing how different disciplines are practiced and taught, including architecture.
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The use of artificial intelligence in architecture practice and education is limited by its datasets and lack of empathy.
People pull together in emergencies.
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by horror at terrorist attacks. But the first impulse of people during emergencies is often to help others.
Fear has important consequences for how people vote, what they spend their money on, who they consider to be part of their communities, and who they treat as outsiders.
When someone humiliates themselves on TV, you want to look away, but you can’t.
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What does secondhand embarrassment say about your own anxieties and biases?
Overtly hostile behavior tends to diminish with age except for a minority of children who are at risk of later criminality. This makes childhood a critical time for steering those most in-need away from difficult life paths.
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Faces hold crucial clues on what others are thinking and feeling. So, does missing that key social information impact children’s unkind behaviour?
Empathy can save lives.
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A new study finds that medical students lose their empathy, to everyone’s detriment.
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Empathy helps us understand what others are thinking and feeling.
A woman raises her fist during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Queens, New York.
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd murder, in 2020, Black social workers are finding they are alone in coping with their trauma.
Every child deserves adults in their lives who model the importance of loving human connection and exploration.
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While educators in Netflix’s ‘Matilda the Musical’ aren’t meant to be blueprints for contemporary teaching, they suggest the powerful ways attentive adults can make a difference in children’s lives.
We do not laugh at the other’s suffering or distress; we react to the other’s surprise, incongruity and bewildered expression, having deciphered that he or she is not in distress and has not really hurt themselves.
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A clinical psychologist explains what has the potential to trigger our usually well-meaning laughter.
Rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes Known during the Metro FM awards nominations in Johannesburg in January.
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The explosive viral spread of the grainy but dramatic footage shows the limits of mainstream media ethics.