Routine, empathic and compassionate patient care: Definitions, development, obstacles, education and beneficiaries

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 872-880

  Post, Stephen G ^a   Ng, Lauren E ^a   Fischel, Janet E ^a   Bennett, Mary ^b   Bily, Linda ^b   Chandran, Latha ^a   Joyce, Jeremiah ^a   Locicero, Briana ^a   McGovern, Kelly ^b   McKeefrey, Robyn L ^b   Rodriguez, Jackie V ^a   Roess, Michael W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

beneficiaries; compassionate care; developmental levels; empathy; obstacles; professionalism; sympathy; teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; BENEFICENCE; CURRICULUM; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENEFICENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84922992965     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12243     Document Type: Article

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