1. Empathy and privacy in obstetrics: Students abroad.
- Author
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Mansfield, Roshni and Aylward, James
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EMPATHY , *FETAL heart rate monitoring , *MATERNAL health services , *EVALUATION of medical care , *MEDICAL ethics , *PSYCHOLOGY of medical students , *PHYSICIAN-patient relations , *PREGNANCY , *PRIVACY , *FOREIGN students , *PATIENT-centered care , *MIDDLE-income countries , *LOW-income countries - Abstract
The authors encourages medical students abroad to demonstrate empathy and privacy in the practice of obstetrics. They describe their experience during their medical elective placement in Sri Lanka, particular the morning rounds of the labor ward in Mahamodara Hospital. They stress the need for medical students to have more confidence in trusting their training in ethics and communication skills when hosted in another country, as well as the importance of patient consent and patient education.
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- 2018
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