Comparisons of nurses and physicians on an operational measure of empathy

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-94

  Fields, Sylvia K ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a   Mangione, Salvatore ^a   Kane, Gregory ^a   Magee, Mike ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Jefferson Scale; Nurses; Physicians; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JEFFERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN EMPATHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842284717     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278703261206     Document Type: Article

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