Measurement of empathy among Japanese medical students: Psychometrics and score differences by gender and level of medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1192-1197

  Kataoka, Hitomi U ^a   Koide, Norio ^a   Ochi, Koji ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^b   Gonnella, Joseph S ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70349119933     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b180d4     Document Type: Article

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