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to Year 3 medical students Faculty of Medicine King Fahad
Medical City Riyadh by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr.
WHAT IS PHYSICIAN EMPATHY?
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Physician empathy assures patient enablement or empowerment[1].
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Empathy is a moral attribute that involves defined
understanding of the inner processes going on in the patient concerning his
illness and related problems[2].
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More empathetic physicians had more satisfied patients[3].
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The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy was a special tool
developed and validated to quantify empathy among physicians[4],[5],[6]
and medical students[7],[8].
FACTORS OF EMPATHY
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Financial incentives by enabling the physician to spend more
time with the patient were found to increase empathy[9].
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Specific training increases physician expression of empathy[10].
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The practice environment affects expression of empathy for
example emergency physicians were perceived by patients to have lower empathy
expression[11].
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Reducing the stress level of physicians helps enhance their
expression of empathy[12].
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J Am Board Fam Med. 2011 Nov-Dec;24(6):665-72.
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Acad Med. 2009 Sep;84(9):1198-202.
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Teach Learn Med. 2010 Jul;22(3):167-71. .
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J Interprof Care. 2011 Jul;25(4):287-93..
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Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Aug;84(2):208-16..
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Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Apr;75(1):3-10..
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[12]
Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Dec;69(1-3):63-75..