Empathic concern and professional characteristics associated with clinical empathy in French general practitioners

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Lelorain, Sophie ^a,b,c   Sultan, Serge ^d,e   Zenasni, Franck ^c,f   Catu Pinault, Annie ^f,g,h   Jaury, Philippe ^f,h,i   Boujut, Emilie ^b,c   Rigal, Laurent ^f  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^c Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g Société de Formation Thérapeutique du Généraliste   (France)

^h Atelier Français de Médecine Générale   (France)

ⁱ Société Médicale Balint   (France)

Author keywords

Balint groups; Clinical empathy; Clinical supervision; Empathic concern; General practitioners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL EMPATHY; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JEFF ERSON SCALE OF PHYSICIAN EMPATHY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TORONTO EMPATHY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874372577     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2012.709842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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