Undergraduate medical students' empathy: current perspectives

Thelma Quince, Pia Thiemann, John Benson, Sarah Hyde Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Abstract: Empathy is important to patient care. It enhances patients’ satisfaction, comfort, self-effica...

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Published in:	Advances in Medical Education and Practice
Main Authors:	Quince T, Thiemann P, Benson J, Hyde S
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dove Medical Press 2016-08-01
Subjects:	Undergraduate medical student Empathy Jefferson Scale of Empathy-Student Version Davis’s Interpersonal Reactivity Index.
Online Access:	https://www.dovepress.com/undergraduate-medical-students39-empathy-current-perspectives-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP

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