Comparing empathy in medical students of two Portuguese medicine schools
Abstract Background Empathy is paramount in the doctor-patient relationship being a comprehensive and multidimensional concept. Self-ratings of empathy change across the years of medical education only when the Jefferson Scale of Physicians Empathy is used, with a worrying decrease being found throu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-020-02034-3 |