Empathy in patient care : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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)