Assertion: empathy | /r/CapableOf | communicate that understanding
Facets:
value: back to the other person
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Empathy is the ability to accurately put yourself "in someone else's shoes"– to understand the other’s situation, perceptions and feelings from their point of view – and to be able to communicate that understanding back to the other person.
text: differentiation.20 Decety extends the definition of empathy to include helping the patient.35 Mercer's definition also includes action; empathy in a clinical situation includes an ability to: (a) understand the patient's situation, perspective and feelings (and their attached meanings); (b) to communicate that understanding and check its accuracy; and (c) to act on that understanding with the patient in a helpful (therapeutic)