Context Empathy in doctor–patient relationships is a familiar topic for medical scholars and a
crucial goal for medical educators. Nonetheless, there are persistent disagreements in the …

Background Empathy allows a physician to understand the patient's situation and feelings
and respond appropriately. Consequently, empathy gives rise to better diagnostics and …

The concept of empathy has received a lot of attention in the past few decades in public
media, academia, national and international politics, arts, ethics, health professions …

Abstract The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) is a broadly used instrument developed to
measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care. Evidence …

Background Empathy promotes positive physician-patient communication and is associated
with improved patient satisfaction, treatment adherence and clinical outcomes. It has been …

In a paradigm of physician performance we propose that both “cognitive” and “noncognitive”
components contribute to the performance of physicians-in-training and in-practice. Our …

Objectives We have conducted this study to assess medical students' empathy and to
examine empathy differences by students' socio-demographic characteristics, including …

Empathy is important to patient care. It enhances patients' satisfaction, comfort, self-efficacy,
and trust which in turn may facilitate better diagnosis, shared decision making, and therapy …

Despite the increasing awareness of the relevance of empathy in patient care, some findings
suggest that medical schools may be contributing to the deterioration of students' empathy …

Background In recent years in China, the tense physician-patient relationship has been an
outstanding problem. Empathy is one of the fundamental factors enhancing the therapeutic …