Dehumanization in medicine: Wait, empathy IMPROVES clinical problem-solving?

The Trauma-Informed SLP

Oct 12 2023 • 58 mins

A new episode!! FINALLY!! I took a bit of time-off from this topic for my own mental health, but now I'm back, baby!

Herein lies my info-dump on dehumanization in medical (read: clinical) practice. We go through Haque &b Waytz's functional and nonfunctional causes and also some very valid counterpoints from Kalina Christoff's paper.

AND, as a bit of ADHDer magic, this whole thing ended up dove-tailing into articles on burnout, so I get to info dump about that topic next!!  Woot!

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Papers on mpathy, burnout, and emotional labor: (includes some not directly quoted in the episode)

Definition of "emotional labor"

ASAN statement on Identify First Language by Lydia Brown