Empathy in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Skill Training for Medical Students.

Fine, Virginia K.; Therrien, Mark E.

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ERIC Number: EJ166259

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Publication Date: 1977

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Empathy in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Skill Training for Medical Students

Fine, Virginia K.; Therrien, Mark E.

Journal of Medical Education, 52, 9, 752-7, Sep 77

This empirical study tested the effects of a systematically-designed training program to help medical students develop empathetic responses to patients and to attend not just to disease symptoms. Results indicate the success of the program. (Editor/LBH)

Descriptors: Empathy, Helping Relationship, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Medical Education, Medical Students, Patients, Physicians, Skill Development, Training Methods

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