antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes /
Mohammadreza Hojat.
New York :
Springer,
c2007.
xxxvi, 295 p. :
ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-266) and indexes.
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.
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Empathy in patient care: : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes.