Impact of communication training on physician expression of empathy in patient encounters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Bonvicini, Kathleen A ^a   Perlin, Michael J ^b   Bylund, Carma L ^c   Carroll, Gregory ^a   Rouse, Ruby A ^d   Goldstein, Michael G ^a  

^a Institute for Healthcare Communication   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Educational intervention; Empathy; Measurement; Medical education; Physician training; Physician patient relations; Quantitative; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61349088592     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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