The Jefferson scale of physician empathy: Preliminary psychometrics and group comparisons in Italian physicians

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1198-1202

  Di Lillo, Mariangela ^a   Cicchetti, Americo ^b   Lo Scalzo, Alessandra ^c   Taroni, Francesco ^d   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; ITALY; JEFFERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN EMPATHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70349093136     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b17b3f     Document Type: Article

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