The Doctor

The Doctor

After having seen this film, I felt it was about a doctor, who finds out the hard way that there's more to medicine than skill in the operating theater in this emotional drama. Jack is a gifted but arrogant surgeon who cares little about the emotional welfare of his patients and is little more than a benign stranger to his wife and his son Nicky. Jack has been suffering from a nagging cough for some time, and when he begins coughing up blood one morning, he finally allows another doctor to take a look at him. The doctor discovers that Jack has a malignant tumor in his throat that could rob him of the ability to speak, or even kill him. Suddenly, Jack is a patient instead of a doctor, and he learns first hand about the long stretches in the waiting room, the humiliation of filling out pointless forms, and the callous attitude of the professional medical community. Jack also gets to know June; a terminal cancer patient whose joyous embrace of life as her time draws to a close is an inspiration to him. Restored to health, Jack is determined to be a more caring healer and strives to be a better husband and father, but his new lease on life also earns him an enemy in fellow surgeon who wants Jack to lie under oath for him in a major malpractice case; and a new respect for an ear-nose-throat man he used to ridicule for his empathetic treatment of his patients.

Empathy is a powerful communication skill that is often misunderstood and underused. Initially, empathy was referred to as "bedside manner"; now, however, People consider empathetic communication a teachable, learnable skill that has tangible benefits for both clinician and patient. It has been documented that, effective empathetic communication enhances the therapeutic effectiveness of the clinician-patient relationship. Appropriate use of empathy as a communication tool facilitates