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

Title
Empathy in patient care: : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes / Mohammadreza Hojat.
Author
Hojat, Mohammadreza, 1947-
Publication
New York : Springer, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xxxvi, 295 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Care of the sick
  • Physician and patient
  • Outcome assessment (Medical care)
  • Empathy
  • Patient Care > psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-266) and indexes.
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 and 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 -- App. A. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (HP-version) -- App. B. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (S-version) -- App. C. Jefferson scale of patient's perceptions of physician empathy (JSPPPE).
ISBN
  • 0387336079 (alk. paper)
  • 9780387336077 (alk. paper)
  • 0387336087 (e-book)
  • 9780387336084 (e-book)
LCCN
2006924590
OCLC
  • ocm74650481
  • 74650481
  • SCSB-5329157
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries