Abstract
This illustration represents how a patient’s view of themselves can be altered while going through iatrogenic trauma.
Figure. Inner Perspective
Empathic patient care involves a delicate balance between going about the business of diagnosing and treating patients and preserving their dignity and self-image. This balance can be upset in instances in which procedures that are routine for clinicians turn out to be sources of iatrogenic trauma for patients or in which a patient’s perspective is lost or undervalued.
