Basic empathy in older adults: Conceptualization, measurement, and application

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-386

  May, Barbara A ^a   Alligood, Martha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034208117     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128400247997     Document Type: Article

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