Empirical research on empathy in medicine-A critical review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-322

  Pedersen, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empathy; Medicine; Methods; Research; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 68849113156     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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