A cross-sectional measurement of medical student empathy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1434-1438

  Chen, Daniel ^a   Lew, Robert ^b,c   Hershman, Warren ^a   Orlander, Jay ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Medical student education; Physician attitudes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRADUATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34748884468     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0298-x     Document Type: Article

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