Re-examining empathy: A relational-feminist point of view

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-259

  Freedberg, Sharon ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Mutual empathy; Relational cultural theory; Self in relation; Stone Center model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE; CULTURE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 35148864814     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.3.251     Document Type: Review

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