Background Empathy in healthcare service refers to the ability of healthcare workers
(HCWs) to put themselves in patients' shoes, which is necessary to ensure a good physician …

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 …

In view of many changes taking place in today's health care marketplace, the theme of
empathy in health provider-patient relations needs to be revisited. It has been proposed that …

Empathy, the process of coming to know, understand, and care for another person, is a skill
that can be learned; however, there is not a shared definition of empathy or understanding of …

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

Background Empathic care is considered extremely important by patients and providers
alike but there is still an ample need for assessing empathy among healthcare students and …

The benefits of clinical empathy in medical practice abound. They include improved patient
satisfaction and adherence to treatment recommendations, more accurate diagnoses …

Introduction Empathy is essential for high quality health care. Health care disparities may
reflect a systemic lack of empathy for disadvantaged people; however, few data exist on …

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

Objective Surgeons and psychiatrists have been described as two contrary groups, the one
healing by hands and the other by words. Empathy is needed in every physician–patient …