Empathy and its correlates in Iranian physicians: A preliminary psychometric study of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Shariat, Seyed Vahid ^a   Eshtad, Elham ^a   Ansari, Sara ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957144320     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.498488     Document Type: Article

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