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EMPATHY AS COGNITIVE ACCESS TO ANOTHER PERSON'S SUFFERING EMPATHY AS COGNITIVE ACCESS TO ANOTHER PERSON'S SUFFERING Dr Paulina Taboada Profesor Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Alameda 340 Correo Central 1 Santiago, Chile Illness and suffering are first and foremost subjective experiences. Since one cannot have direct access to another's person consciousness, the question about the possibility of gaining an access to another person's conscious experiences rises especially in the context of the care for terminally ill patients. To provide a proper account for intersubjectivity has been a major philosophical problem. The diverse philosophical answers proposed throughout history have had an impact on medical practice and ethics. So, for instance in the 18th. Full Article: http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/monthlypiece/eithics2004/pom_may04.htm


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