PHYS THER
Vol. 70, No. 11, November 1990, pp. 714-715
Professional Perspectives |
Author Response
Carol M Davis
This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.
I would like to thank Dr Guccione for the scholarship he exhibits in his commentary on my work. I appreciate the opportunity to offer the following additional points that I hope will add to our joint consideration. Specifically, I would like to describe in clearer detail the nature of my research study and how the work of Edith Stein1 informed my study after the fact.
Guccione begins, "Does philosophy make any contribution to the practice of physical therapy?" The original questions that prompted me to study empathy in more depth were born in the clinic, and from the start I was calling upon philosophy to make a contribution to my practice and teaching in physical therapy. Specifically, I watched heath care workers act as though they were unaware of the negative effects of some of their actions on their patients....

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