Medical students' and residents' conceptual structure of empathy: A qualitative study

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-8

  Aomatsu, Muneyoshi ^a   Otani, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Ai ^a   Ban, Nobutaro ^a   van Dalen, Jan ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Empathy; Medical education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897360026     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.112793     Document Type: Article

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