Maintenance of empathy levels among first and final year medical students: A cross sectional study

F1000Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bangash, Areebohail S ^a   Ali, Nisreen F ^a   Shehzad, Abdul H ^a   Haqqi, Sobia ^a  

^a ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

EID: 84887536765     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.2-157.v1     Document Type: Article

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