Former SMA President Dr. Christopher Jackson Highlighted on MedCentral Website

Christopher D. Jackson, MD, FACP, FSSCI, SMA’s Immediate Past President, is featured in a recent Physician Profile on the MedCentral website. In the article, Dr. Jackson reflects on how his family’s influence, rooted in kindness and compassion, guided his journey into medicine and inspired his commitment to servant leadership. Click…

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Human Dimension in Medical Care: Insights from Buber and Marcel

Martin Buber’s concept of inclusion and Gabriel Marcel’s notion of availability are used to cast new light on the human dimension in medical care. Buber’s notion of inclusion indicates that clinical empathy should involve both cognitive and affective elements. It is argued that empathy is more than simply labeling a…

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