Empathy in Health Professions Education and Patient Care

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hojat, Mohammadreza (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Premedical education.; Social work.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Premedical Education.; Social Work.; Primary Care Medicine.

In this thorough revision, updating, and expansion of his great 2007 book, Empathy in Patient Care, Professor Hojat offers all of us in healthcare education an uplifting magnum opus that is sure to greatly enhance how we conceptualize, measure, and teach the central professional virtue of empathy. H...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1. Empathy in Human Relationships
• Descriptions and Conceptualization
• Human Connection in Health and Illness
• An Evolutionary Perspective, Sociophysiology, and Heritability
• Psychodynamics and Development
• Measurement of Empathy in the General Population
• Part II. Empathy in Health Professions Education and Patient Care
• A Definition and Key Features of Empathy in Patient Care
• The Jefferson Scale of Empathy
• The Interpersonal Dynamics in Clinician-Patient Relationships.-Empathy as Related to Personal Qualities, Career Choice
• Empathy and Gender: Are Men and Women Complementary
• Empathy and Patient Outcomes
• Erosion and Enhancement of Empathy
• In Search of Neurological Underpinnings of Empathy
• Parting Thoughts: A Systemic Paradigm of Empathy and Future Directions
• Concluding Remarks.