Empathy in high-tech and high-touch medicine

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-264

  Dehning, Sandra ^a   Reiß, Eva ^a   Krause, Daniela ^a   Gasperi, Sarah ^a   Meyer, Sebastian ^a   Dargel, Sascha ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a   Siebeck, Matthias ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Emotional empathy; Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy; Psychiatrist; Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Revised; Surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SURGEON; COGNITION; EMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SURGEONS;

EID: 84897115827     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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