Patient Perceptions of Clinician's Empathy: Measurement and Psychometrics.

Authors

• Mohammadreza Hojat
• Jennifer DeSantis
• Joseph S Gonnella

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2017

Abstract

The prominence of reciprocal understanding in patient-doctor empathic engagement implies that patient perception of clinician's empathy has an important role in the assessment of the patient-clinician relationship. In response to a need for an assessment tool to measure patient's views of clinician empathy, we developed a brief (5-item) instrument,

Volume

4

Issue

2

First Page

78

Last Page

83

ISSN

2374-3735

Published In/Presented At

Hojat, M., DeSantis, J., & Gonnella, J. S. (2017). Patient Perceptions of Clinician's Empathy: Measurement and Psychometrics. Journal of patient experience, 4(2), 78–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373517699273

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

28725866

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article