Conveying empathy to hospice family caregivers: Team responses to caregiver empathic communication

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^d   Debra, Parker Oliver ^a   Demiris, George ^b   Rankin, Anna ^c   Shaunfield, Sara ^c   Kruse, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Family caregiver; Hospice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CODING; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICE PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WEB BROWSER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAPE RECORDING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84866622540     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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