Empathy in Patient Care : Antecedents, Development, Measurement, and Outcomes - Hojat, Mohammadreza; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
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.
Keywords: Health psychology; Clinical psychology; Health Psychology; Clinical Psychology