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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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33608-7 |
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.