Reliability and validity of the Jefferson Scale of empathy in undergraduate nursing students

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-88

  Ward, Julia ^a   Schaal, Mary ^a   Sullivan, Jacqueline ^a   Bowen, Mary E ^a   Erdmann, James B ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Nursing students; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949092074     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.17.1.73     Document Type: Article

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