The Power of the Process: Creating Positive Outcomes with David Rakel, MD

Pathways to Well-Being

Dec 17 2019 | 00:32:00

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Show Notes

In this podcast, IFM's Director of Medical Education, Dan Lukaczer, ND, interviews researcher, educator, and clinician David Rakel, MD, on the power of empathy, compassion, the placebo effect, and the patient story. As Dr. Rakel unpacks, "Trust equals competency times intimacy, divided by degree of risk." Dr. Rakel is also the author of The Compassionate Connection. To view the transcript for this episode, click here: https://www.ifm.org/news-insights/power-process-creating-positive-outcomes-david-rakel-md/

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