Table of Contents

Foreword: Abraham Verghese

I. Emotion’s Functions

1. Emotions in 21st Century Humanistic Medicine
        Rachel Schwartz, Judith A. Hall, Lars G. Osterberg

2. The Functions of Emotion: Evolutionary and Social Perspectives
        Michelle N. Shiota, Erika B. Pages, Paula H. Bednarek

3. Emotion and Illness
        Anne-Josée Guimond, Laura D. Kubzansky, Lewina O. Lee

4. Emotion Dialogue in the Medical Encounter: When and How Often Does It Happen
        Mollie A. Ruben, Morgan D. Stosic, Debra L. Roter

II. Clinical Emotional Intelligence

5. Perception of Emotion in the Medical Visit
        Morgan D. Stosic, Mollie A. Ruben, Danielle Blanch-Hartigan

6. Emotion Cues as Clinical Opportunities
        Lidia del Piccolo, Arnstein Finset

7. Emotion Regulation in Patients, Providers, and the Clinical Relationship
        Brett Marroquín, Vera Vine

8. Managing Emotion in Medical Encounters with Children
        Benjamin A. Krauss, Piet L. Leroy, Baruch S. Krauss

9. Interacting Effectively with Individuals with Reduced Facial Expressivity
        Amanda R. Hemmesch, Sarah D. Gunnery, Linda Tickle-Degnen

10. A Trauma-informed Approach to Emotion Communication in the Clinical Encounter
        Ben Kaplan, Greeshma Somashekar, Missy Brown, Bria Adimora Godley, Asif Khan, Enioluwafe Ojo, Amy Weil

11. Emotion and Gender
        Valerie Carrard, Anely Bekbergenova, Marianne Schmid Mast

12. Culture and Emotions in the Medical Encounter
        Karolien Aelbrecht, Mary Catherine Beach

13. Emotion and Decision Making in the Clinical Encounter
        Amber E. Barnato

III. Emotions in the Culture of Medicine

14. Teaching about Emotions in Healthcare
        Caitlin Holt Siropaides, Martha Howell, Calvin Chou

15. Changing Medical Education to Support Emotional Wellness
        Stuart Slavin

16. Striving and Thriving: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinician Emotional Wellness
        Julie W. Childers, Robert M. Arnold, Elise C. Carey

About the Author

Rachel Schwartz, Ph.D., is a health services researcher and communication scientist with expertise in nonverbal expression/perception of emotion in clinical populations, clinical communication strategies, and physician wellness. In 2018, she received a Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy Innovation grant to produce related workshops for clinicians and trainees; she's now transforming these workshops into medical education curricula. Judith A. Hall, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Northeastern University, has been studying and writing about emotion communication in medical and other settings for 30+ years.

Lars G. Osterberg, MD, is an associate professor and co-director of Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy.