What Doctors Feel by Danielle Ofri

What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine explores the hidden emotional lives of physicians, arguing that feelings like fear, shame, anger, and empathy profoundly impact medical care, challenging the traditional image of the detached, rational doctor. Drawing from her own experiences and interviews, Ofri reveals how these emotions, often intensified by the stresses of the job, influence clinical judgment and the doctor-patient relationship, making it essential reading for both medical professionals and patients to understand the human side of medicine.