Empathy in UK medical students: Differences by gender, medical year and specialty interest

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-303

  Tavakol, Sina ^a   Dennick, Reg ^b   Tavakol, Mohsen ^c  

^a Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical Education Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Gender differences; Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy; Medical student; Speciality interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053532673     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2011.11494022     Document Type: Article

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