Measuring empathy in healthcare profession students using the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy: Health provider - Student version

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-293

  Fields, Sylvia K ^a   Mahan, Pamela ^b   Tillman, Paula ^b   Harris, Jeffrey ^b   Maxwell, Kaye ^a   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation research; interprofessional evaluation; multidisciplinary; Professionalism; quantitative method; surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959428078     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13561820.2011.566648     Document Type: Article

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