Patient-rated physicians' empathy and its determinants in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Patients' perception of their physician's empathy influences their compliance with treatment and the resulting quality of life. We aimed to measure the patient-rated empathy of physicians and to determine patient-level factors associated with it. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This hos...

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Main Authors: Zainab M Alzayer, Rizwan S Abdulkader, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Ahmad Alselihem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Family and Community Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jfcmonline.com/article.asp?issn=2230-8229;year=2019;volume=26;issue=3;spage=199;epage=205;aulast=Alzayer