The measurement of empathy in a clinical and a non-clinical setting. Does empathy increase with clinical experience?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Thomson, Diane ^a   Hassenkamp, Anne Marie ^a   Mansbridge, Christina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Barrett lennard relationship inventory; Clinical experience; Empathy; Junior physiotherapists; Senior physiotherapists; Students; Truax accurate empathy scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

EID: 0030820197     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66074-9     Document Type: Article

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