Empathy is an essential component in the effective healthcare provider-patient relationship. This book concerns about assessing the level of empathy towards patient among medical students at Bahri University, Khartoum, Sudan. Empathy is playing an important role in healthcare, and has shown a great impact in improving the physician's diagnostic skills as well as enhancing the quality of communication with the patient.¿All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart¿. Tahereh Mafi, Auther.