Violins, medicine, and the art of listening

Abstract

A violinist enters into the clinic and through the encounter, teaches providers important lessons on empathy and listening within the healthcare setting. How might we better understand communication within the provider-patient interaction? How might we improve medical education to reflect the provision of holistic patient-centered care?

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Vivian Ho

Vivian Ho, BA Human Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Sakti Srivastava

Sakti Srivastava, MBBS, MS, Stanford University-Associate Professor (Teaching) of Surgery–Anatomy and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering