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 …

Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth
century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non …

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 …

Psychological research into healthcare opened the door to understanding people's
emotional reactions when experiencing events perceived as life-threatening. This is the …

OBJECTIVE: To establish sound empirical evidence that clinical empathy (abbreviated as
CE) is a core element in the clinician–patient relationship with profound therapeutic …

Empathy in the health care setting is the ability to understand a patient's experiences and
feelings and the capability to communicate this understanding. Although empathy has been …

Background General practice is stressful and burnout is common among family physicians.
A growing body of evidence suggests that the way physicians relate to their patients could …

Background The importance of fostering the development of empathy in undergraduate
students is continuously emphasized in international recommendations for medical …