Reconsidering the "decline" of medical student empathy as reported in studies using the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy-Student version (JSPE-S)

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 783-786

  Roff, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84940750829     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1009022     Document Type: Article

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