Measurement of empathy in nursing research: Systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 440-454

  Yu, Juping ^a   Kirk, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Measurement; Nursing; Patient care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

EMPATHY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56049112378     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04831.x     Document Type: Article

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