Background Empathy allows a physician to understand the patient's situation and feelings
and respond appropriately. Consequently, empathy gives rise to better diagnostics and …

Empathy is important to patient care. It enhances patients' satisfaction, comfort, self-efficacy,
and trust which in turn may facilitate better diagnosis, shared decision making, and therapy …

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 We aimed to assess medical students' empathy and its associations with
gender, stage of medical school, quality of life and burnout. Method A cross-sectional, multi …

Background Empathy is beneficial for patients and physicians. It facilitates treatment and
improves physical and psychosocial outcomes. The therapeutic relevance of empathy …

Background It has been shown that empathy strengthens the relationship between patients
and health professionals and also improves patient and health professional satisfaction …

Objectives We have conducted this study to assess medical students' empathy and to
examine empathy differences by students' socio-demographic characteristics, including …

Background Although a core element in patient care the trajectory of empathy during
undergraduate medical education remains unclear. Empathy is generally regarded as …

Despite the increasing awareness of the relevance of empathy in patient care, some findings
suggest that medical schools may be contributing to the deterioration of students' empathy …

Background In recent years in China, the tense physician-patient relationship has been an
outstanding problem. Empathy is one of the fundamental factors enhancing the therapeutic …