RT Book, Section A1 Epner, Daniel E. SR Print(0) ID 1190085523 T1 Foreword T2 Empathy: Real Stories to Inspire and Enlighten Busy Clinicians YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw Hill LLC PP New York, NY SN 9781260473414 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190085523 RD 2024/03/28 AB FROM A VERY early age, I learned about caring for patients through my dad, who was a cardiologist in Rosario, Argentina. On one hand, he was a lover of science and evidence-based medicine, but on the other hand he placed great importance on the many stories his patients shared about their travels, family issues, and what they did for fun. By hearing my dad recall these stories, I started learning that there was more to medicine than diseases. We would talk over dinner every day and over lunch on many days, and I could tell that he was more motivated to connect with his patients on a human level than he was to dwell on details of medical science, something that he was almost embarrassed to admit. He would visit the homes of his patients who were too ill to travel to his office, which was rarely done at that time. Sometimes he let me tag along, and I would wait in the car as he saw patients. We usually went to about three homes, after which he would take me on an excursion to do something fun that I wanted to do. Through this process, I began to understand that there were two sides to medicine: the evidence-based scientific side, which is what I later learned in medical school and residency, and the human side. Even as a young boy, I began to see the human impact of disease and the healing potential of doctors.