Measuring empathy in pharmacy students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Fjortoft, Nancy ^a   van Winkle, Lon J ^b   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Health professions students; Pharmacy student; Psychometrics; Reliability; Scales; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS; RELIABILITY; SCALES; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EMPATHY; HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIABILITY; SCALES; VALIDITY;

EID: 80051662549     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe756109     Document Type: Article

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