The Importance of EmpathyâAs I Have Studied and Experienced It. Empathy is a crucial component of the patient-physician relationship and has been associated with improved patient outcomes in multiple studies. The importance of empathy has been of major interest to me as a student of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). At the medical school I have learned that Kim, et al, 1 for example, analyzed the role of patient-perceived empathy and demonstrated that affective empathy led to a greater exchange of information, increased partnership, and interpersonal trust.
Larry Nassar, the former acclaimed USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and admitted in a Michigan court to using his position to sexually abuse underage girls.
Dr. Larry Nassar, Accused of Abusing Gymnasts, Defends Procedures. A doctor who treated America's top gymnasts, who has been accused of sexually abusing athletes during treatment, did use techniques involving vaginal penetration, his attorneys said Thursday. Dr. Larry Nassar's lawyers said in a statement that the procedures were medically accepted and appropriate treatments, according to doctors who practice osteopathic manipulation like him. Any allegations that Dr. Nassar was performing these procedures for any purpose other than proper medical treatment are patently false and untrue, the attorneys, Matt Newburg and Shannon Smith, said.