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Abstract
A historical understanding of the virtue of consolation, as contrasted to empathy, compassion, or sympathy, is developed. Recent findings from neuroscience are presented which support and affirm this understanding. These findings are related to palliative care and its current practice in bioethics.Mesh:
Year: 2012 PMID: 22278435 DOI: 10.1007/s11017-012-9212-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Theor Med Bioeth ISSN: 1386-7415