Empathy in Patient Care Antecedents, Development, Measurement, and Outcomes /

Empathy has long been recognized as a key element of the healing professions. Yet it is not always clear how to define the concept, how to measure it, whether there are effective methods to enhance empathy , or whether empathy really helps make treatment more effective. Drawing on evolutionary resea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hojat, Mohammadreza (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Clinical health psychology.
Clinical psychology.
Health Psychology.
Clinical Psychology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Empathy in Human Relationships
  • Definitions and Conceptualization
  • Human Connection in Health and Illness
  • An Evolutionary Perspective, Psycho-Socio-Physiology, Neuroanatomy, and Heritability
  • Psychodynamics and Development
  • Measurement of Empathy in the General Population
  • Empathy in Patient Care
  • A Definition and Key Features of Empathy in Patient Care
  • The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy
  • The Interpersonal Dynamics in Clinician-Patient Relationships
  • Empathy as Related to Sex, Personal Qualities, Clinical Competence, and Career Choice
  • Patient Outcomes
  • Enhancement of Empathy
  • Parting Thoughts: A Paradigm of Empathy and Future Directions.

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