Empathy in PhD students in bioethics: a qualitative phenomenological study

Abstract Empathy is one of the most relevant themes in contemporary discussions about ethics and bioethics. This feeling is cultivated by biographical experiences that help us to understand the vulnerability and mortality that defines us as human beings. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted, with a phenomenological focus, to understand the experiences and meanings of empathy and its relationship with bioethics from the perspective of a group of PhD students in bioethics. The results were grouped into three thematic categories: pity; experiences about empathy; and empathy and bioethics. Empathy is described as a virtue in Aristotelian terms. It concludes that empathy is fundamental to bioethics and is not just an emotional response or a guiding principle, but an action to make the world a fairer and better place to live.

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Revista Bioética
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-803420253824en
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Empathy and Medical Education
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Empathy in PhD students in bioethics: a qualitative phenomenological study

John Camilo García Uribe, Víctor Alfonso Villalobos Cruz, María Azucena Niño Tovar, Leydi Yohanna Morales García et al.
Revista Bioética
Empathy and Medical Education
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Empathy in PhD students in bioethics: a qualitative phenomenological study

John Camilo García Uribe, Víctor Alfonso Villalobos Cruz, María Azucena Niño Tovar, Leydi Yohanna Morales García, Margarita Del Pilar Pedraza Galvis, José Luis Vargas Ovalle, Paula Andrea Gómez Henao, Arley Londoño Quisoboni, Jaime Barrios Nassi
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Abstract Empathy is one of the most relevant themes in contemporary discussions about ethics and bioethics. This feeling is cultivated by biographical experiences that help us to understand the vulnerability and mortality that defines us as human beings. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted, with a phenomenological focus, to understand the experiences and meanings of empathy and its relationship with bioethics from the perspective of a group of PhD students in bioethics. The results were grouped into three thematic categories: pity; experiences about empathy; and empathy and bioethics. Empathy is described as a virtue in Aristotelian terms. It concludes that empathy is fundamental to bioethics and is not just an emotional response or a guiding principle, but an action to make the world a fairer and better place to live.

Revista BioéticaVol. 33
Universidad Industrial de Santander (CO), University of Cauca (CO), Universidad El Bosque (CO), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO), Universidad de Antioquia (CO), Universidad del Sinú (CO), Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (CO), Universidad Libre de Colombia (CO)
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