Empathy, Sympathy, and Compassion in Healthcare

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to empathy, sympathy, and compassion in healthcare, as presented in the lecture notes.

Empathy

A complex, multifaceted, dynamic concept where a person can subjectively experience and share in another's psychological state or feelings.

Sympathy

An emotion caused by the realization that something bad has happened to another person; a broader term indicating general fellow feeling.

Compassion

A deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.

Affective Empathy

The ability to subjectively experience and share another person's emotional state.

Cognitive Empathy

The ability to identify and understand another person's feelings and perspective from an objective stance.

Existential Neglect

A process where healthcare professionals distance themselves from patients, avoiding emotions and focusing solely on biomedical facts.

Compassion Fatigue

A state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion caused by prolonged and intense exposure to stressful situations or caregiving.

Moral Empathy

An internal motivation of concern for another's welfare and a desire to relieve suffering.

Self-Orientated Perspective

A viewpoint from which one imagines how they themselves would feel in another's situation.

Other-Orientated Perspective

A viewpoint in which one imagines what it is like for another person, avoiding assumptions based on personal experience.