The role of empathy in establishing rapport in the consultation: A new model

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 690-697

  Norfolk, Tim ^a,b   Birdi, Kamal ^c   Walsh, Deirdre ^c  

^a 2 Brook House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*empathy; *patient centred care; Clinical competence *standards; Communication; Humans; Motivation; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34447123283     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02789.x     Document Type: Article

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