Examining empathy in medical encounters: An observational study using the Empathic Communication Coding System

Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-140

  Bylund, Carma L ^a   Makoul, Gregory ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 27544506560     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1802_2     Document Type: Article

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