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Physiciansʼ Empathy and Clinical Outcomes for Diabetic Patients

Academic Medicine · 2011 · Vol. 86(3) · pp. 359–364

Mohammadreza Hojat✉(Jefferson College)Daniel Z. Louis(Jefferson College)Fred W. Markham(Endometriosis)Richard C. Wender(Endometriosis)Carol Rabinowitz(Jefferson College)Joseph S. Gonnella(Jefferson College)

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Abstract

The hypothesis of a positive relationship between physicians' empathy and patients' clinical outcomes was confirmed, suggesting that physicians' empathy is an important factor associated with clinical competence and patient outcomes.

Empathy and Medical Education Innovations in Medical Education Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareEmpathyMedicineLogistic regressionCompetence (human resources)Internal medicineClinical psychologyPsychologyPsychiatry

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AdultAgedDiabetes MellitusEmpathyFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansCholesterol, LDLMaleMiddle AgedPhysician-Patient RelationsPhysiciansRetrospective StudiesCohort StudiesTreatment Outcome

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