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Empathy in patient care : antecedents, development, measurement, and outcomes / Mohammadreza Hojat.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Springer, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xxxvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0387336079
  • 9780387336077
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.696 22
LOC classification:
  • R727.3 .H5795 2007
Contents:
1. Descriptions and conceptualization -- 2. Human connection in health and illness -- 3. An evolutionary perspective, psycho-socio-physiology, neuroanatomy, and heritability -- 4. Psychodynamics and development -- 5. Measurement of empathy in the general population -- 6. A definition and key features of empathy in patient care -- 7. The Jefferson scale of physician empathy -- 8. The interpersonal dynamics in clinician-patient relationships -- 9. Empathy as related to sex, personal qualities, clinical competence, and career choice -- 10. Patient outcomes -- 11. Enhancement of empathy -- 12. Parting thoughts : a paradigm of empathy and future directions -- App. A. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (HP-version) -- App. B. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (S-version) -- App. C. Jefferson scale of patient's perceptions of physician empathy (JSPPPE).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-266) and index.

1. Descriptions and conceptualization -- 2. Human connection in health and illness -- 3. An evolutionary perspective, psycho-socio-physiology, neuroanatomy, and heritability -- 4. Psychodynamics and development -- 5. Measurement of empathy in the general population -- 6. A definition and key features of empathy in patient care -- 7. The Jefferson scale of physician empathy -- 8. The interpersonal dynamics in clinician-patient relationships -- 9. Empathy as related to sex, personal qualities, clinical competence, and career choice -- 10. Patient outcomes -- 11. Enhancement of empathy -- 12. Parting thoughts : a paradigm of empathy and future directions -- App. A. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (HP-version) -- App. B. Jefferson scale of physician empathy (JSPE) (S-version) -- App. C. Jefferson scale of patient's perceptions of physician empathy (JSPPPE).

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