Level of empathy among medical students in Kuwait University, Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-389

  Hasan, S ^a   Al Sharqawi, N ^a   Dashti, F ^a   Abdulaziz, M ^a   Abdullah, A ^a   Shukkur, M ^a   Bouhaimed, M ^a   Thalib, L ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Empathy; Kuwait; Medical Students; Personality; Sociodemographic factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; KUWAIT; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN RELATION; JEFFERSON SCALE; ZUCKERMAN-KUHLMAN PERSONALITY SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84879108236     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348300     Document Type: Article

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