1. PRACTISING WITH EMPATHY
Subadhra Rai
Duke-NUS Medical School
March 9, 2016

2. DEHUMANISATION
Failure to treat another individual as a human being and treat him/her as nonhuman
animal or object.
Waytz, A., Epley, N., & Cacioppo (2010). Social cognition unbound: Insights into anthropomorphism and dehumanisation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19 (1), 58-62.

3. DEHUMANISATION OF PATIENTS—
CALLING PATIENTS BY ANY OTHER NAME
EXCEPT THEIR OWN
Numbers
Procedures
Illness/disease
Time
Body part

4. THE GRAND ROUND—PLACING THE
PATIENT AT THE CENTRE?
Healthcare providers and the circle of exclusivity
The lone patient and the feeling of exclusion

5. CONSEQUENCES OF DEHUMANISATION
Loss of agency; helplessness
Stereotyping/labelling
Decrease/loss of empathy
Inequity in care

6. PLACING THE PATIENT AT THE CENTRE
OF CARE
Care with the patient
Care for the patient
Pollard, C. L. (2015). What is the right thing to do: Use of a relational ethic framework to guide clinical decision-making. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 8(2), 362-368

7. CONSEQUENCES OF HUMANISATION—
PLACING THE PATIENT AT THE CENTRE
Compassion
Empathy
Reflective care

8. THANK YOU