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" Empathy in patient care: "
Mohammadreza Hojat.
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BL
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627641
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Hojat, Mohammadreza,1947-
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Empathy in patient care: : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes /\ Mohammadreza Hojat.
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New York :: Springer,, c2007.
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xxxvi, 295 p. :: ill.
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0387336079 (alk. paper)
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: 9780387336077 (alk. paper)
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: 0387336087 (e-book)
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: 9780387336084 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-266) and indexes.
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| Contents
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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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Care of the sick.
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Physician and patient.
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Outcome assessment (Medical care)
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