Background Emotional competencies are extremely important for healthcare providers
exposed to patients' suffering. The effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has …

Although general practice can contribute to reducing health inequalities, existing evidence
provides little guidance on how this reduction can be achieved. We reviewed interventions …

The past decades have seen an explosion of studies on empathy in various academic
domains including affective neuroscience, psychology, medicine, and economics. However …

PURPOSE We set out to compare patients' expectations, consultation characteristics, and
outcomes in areas of high and low socioeconomic deprivation, and to examine whether the …

Background There is limited evidence to support the use of facemasks in preventing
infection for primary care professionals. Negative effects on communication has been …

La incorporación al ámbito universitario conlleva estrés. El desarrollo de las habilidades
emocionales puede ayudar a los jóvenes a hacer frente a los nuevos retos académicos y …

PURPOSE To examine the association between primary care practitioner (physician and
nurse) empathy and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and all-cause …

Physicians experience many emotionally challenging situations in their professional lives,
influencing their emotional state through emotion contagion or social appraisal processes …

PURPOSE We aimed to identify the strategies used to support patient behavior change by
clinicians whose patients had an increase in patient activation. METHODS This mixed …

Clinical empathy is an important element of quality health care. Empathic communication is
associated with improved patient satisfaction, increased adherence to treatment, and fewer …