To be or not to be empathic: The combined role of empathic concern and perspective taking in understanding burnout in general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lamothe, Martin ^a,c   Boujut, Emilie ^b   Zenasni, Franck ^b   Sultan, Serge ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Empathic concern; Empathy; General practice; Perspective taking; Physicians; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84892717348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-15     Document Type: Article

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