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Could Health Reform Correct America’s “Empathy Deficit”?

On June 22, 2006, then Senator Barack Obama had this to say at Northwestern’s 148th Commencement (1): “There’s a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit — the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes; to see the world through […]

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