Differences between emergency patients and their doctors in the perception of physician empathy: Implications for medical education

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lin, C S ^a,b   Hsu, M Y F ^c   Chong, C F ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Catholic Mercy Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empathy; Medical education; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAIWAN;

EID: 55149098936     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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