Purpose Some research shows that empathy declines during medical school. The authors
conducted an updated, systematic review of the literature on empathy-enhancing …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objectives The well‐being of doctors is at risk, as evidenced by high burnout rates amongst
doctors around the world. Alarmingly, burned‐out doctors are more likely to exhibit low …

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 …

Burnout has high costs for pediatricians and their patients. There is increasing interest in
educational interventions to promote resilience and minimize burnout among pediatric …

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

Objectives This study was designed to investigate psychometric properties of the Jefferson
Scale of Patient Perceptions of Physician Empathy (JSPPPE), and to examine correlations …