JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 480 Reflections Bed 18 and a Chair by the Bedside: Rethinking Empathy Beyond Scores Naveed Prof. Shabnam * *Correspondence: Prof. Shabnam Naveed 03 06 2026 2026 7 2 169 170 03 06 2026 03 06 2026 Copyright © 2026 The Author(s) 2026 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.