The Empathy Exams

Details

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Name

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Tick

Author

Leslie Jamison

Year

2014

Genre

Essays

Mood

Analytical, vulnerable

When to read

On a solo coffee break when your brain still wants charts

Pages

256

Noise level tolerance

Works with espresso machine and low music

Why it matters

Picks apart pain, caregiving, and performance in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar.

My take

Feels like debriefing with a friend who also footnotes her feelings—my ideal coping mechanism.