Association between low empathy and high burnout among primary care physicians and nurses in Lleida, Spain

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-10

  Yuguero, Oriol ^a   Marsal, Josep Ramon ^b,c   Esquerda, Montserrat ^d,e   Vivanco, Luis ^f   Soler González, Jorge ^a,e  

^a Primary Care Lleida Health Region   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d Fundacion Institut Borja de Bioetica   (Spain)

^e Universitat de Lleida Facultat de Medicina Sabadell   (Spain)

^f Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication; Empathy; Family medicine; Primary care; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; E-MAIL; EMPATHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREVENTION; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SPAIN; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84991010582     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2016.1233173     Document Type: Article

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