The Relationship Between Physician Empathy and Disease Complications

2012511 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Stefano Del Canale · European Food Safety Authority

Daniel Z. Louis · European Food Safety Authority

Vittorio Maio · European Food Safety Authority

Xiaohong Wang · European Food Safety Authority

Giuseppina Rossi · European Food Safety Authority

Mohammadreza Hojat · European Food Safety Authority

Joseph S. Gonnella

Abstract

These results suggest that physician empathy is significantly associated with clinical outcome for patients with diabetes mellitus and should be considered an important component of clinical competence.

Topics & Keywords

Empathy and Medical Education Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Academic Medicine

Volume 87, Issue 9, pp. 1243-1249

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e3182628fbf

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