The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

The Empathy Exams

Leslie Jamison

226 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir psychology challenging informative medium-paced
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From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection; winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize.Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to d...

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