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Tag Archives: Neuroscience-based Empathy

Neuroscience-based Empathy Training for Clinicians

Posted on May 18, 2012 by PiPS

On May 17, 2012 Helen Riess, MD, Director of the Empathy and Relational Sciences Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, presented a lecture as part of the Placebo Studies Seminar Series.

Posted in Events, Presentations, Research | Tagged doctor-patient relationship, Neuroscience-based Empathy, placebo studies seminar series Helen Riess, Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter

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