Empathy in patient care :antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes
New York, NY
Springer
c2007
xxxvi, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references )p. 227-266( and index
Descriptions and conceptualization -- Human connection in health and illness -- An evolutionary perspective, psycho-socio-physiology, neuroanatomy, and heritability -- Psychodynamics and development -- Measurement of empathy in the general population -- A definition of key features of empathy in patient care -- The Jefferson scale of physician empathy -- The interpersonal dynamics in clinician-patient relationships -- Empathy as related to sex, personal qualities, clinical competence, and career choice -- Patient outcomes -- Enhancement of empathy -- Parting thoughts: a paradigm of empathy and future directions -- Jefferson scale of physician empathy )JSPE( )HP-version( -- Jefferson scale of physician empathy )JSPE( )S-version( -- Jefferson scale of patient's perceptions of physician empathy )JSPPPE(