Background Empathy as a characteristic of patient–physician communication in both
general practice and clinical care is considered to be the backbone of the patient–physician …

Background Physician empathy is both theoretically and empirically critical to patient health,
but research indicates that empathy declines throughout medical school and is lower than …

Objective To summarize the predictors and outcomes of empathy by health care personnel,
methods used to study their empathy, and the effectiveness of interventions targeting their …

OBJECTIVE: There is a growing amount of empirical research on empathy in medicine. This
critical review assesses methodological limitations in this body of research that have not …

Objective There is general consensus that explicit expression of empathy in patient-GP
communication is highly valued. Yet, little is known so far about patients' personal …

Background A growing body of evidence suggests that healthcare practitioners who
enhance how they express empathy can improve patient health, and reduce medico-legal …

Background Empathy is a fundamental humanistic component of patient care which
facilitates efficient and patient-centered clinical encounters. Despite being the principal …

Empathy is a complex multi-dimensional concept that has moral cognitive emotive and
behavioural components Clinical empathy involves an ability to:(a) understand the patient9s …

Background Little is known about the influence of patient-perceived healthcare provider
empathy on patient satisfaction in the setting of a hospital pain clinic consultation. The …

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 …