L'humanisme médical au-delà de l'empathie

Empathy is often described as a virtue that could help in making medicine more humanistic. This paper argues that there are two limits to this thesis. First, it is unclear whether a lack of empathy can be attributed to biomedical education. Second, empathy itself is not without issues, and another concept, compassion, can be put forward instead. When integrated with an approach focused on healthcare systems, humanism based on the more minimalist concept of compassion becomes more tangible and radical.