Empathy in patient care : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hojat, Mohammadreza , 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer , c2007
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Descriptions and conceptualization
  • 2. Human connection in health and illness
  • 3. An evolutionary perspective, psycho-socio-physiology, neuroanatomy, and heritability
  • 4. Psychodynamics and development
  • 5. Measurement of empathy in the general population
  • 6. A definition of key features of empathy in patient care
  • 7. The Jefferson scale of physician empathy
  • 8. The interpersonal dynamics in clinician-patient relationships
  • 9. Empathy as related to sex, personal qualities, clinical competence, and career choice
  • 10. Patient outcomes
  • 11. Enhancement of empathy
  • 12. Parting thoughts: a paradigm of empathy and future directions
  • 13. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (HP-version)
  • 14. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (S-version)
  • 15. Jefferson scale of patient?s perceptions of physician empathy (JSPPPE)