Purpose Empathy is a key element of patient–physician communication; it is relevant to and
positively influences patients' health. The authors systematically reviewed the literature to …

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 …

The concept of empathy has received a lot of attention in the past few decades in public
media, academia, national and international politics, arts, ethics, health professions …

New York Times Bestseller An exciting--and encouraging--exploration of creativity from the
author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing The future belongs to a different …

This study implemented an innovative new model of delivering a Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR) program that replaces six of the eight traditional in-person sessions with …

Context It has been reported that medical students become more cynical as they progress
through medical school. This can lead to a decline in empathy. Empirical research to …

Objectives: This cross-sectional study examines the self-reported empathy levels of
undergraduate students in five different health sciences disciplines before and after one …

As the field of behavior analysis expands, our need to develop ourselves as more effective
collaborators, particularly with families who may be the primary consumers of our science …

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 …

Background Empathy is frequently cited as an important attribute in physicians and some
groups have expressed a desire to measure empathy either at selection for medical school …