The desired moral attitude of the physician: (I) empathy

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-113

  Gelhaus, Petra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Clinical ethics; Compassion; Detached concern; Empathy; Moral attitude; Moral motivation; Professionalism; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84859268811     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-011-9366-4     Document Type: Article

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