ArticleJournal of medical ethics2020
The need for empathetic healthcare systems.
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- Enhancing System Empathy Within a UK Emergency Department: A Feasibility Interprofessional Priority Setting Exercise.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Article
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- Job Stress and Ethical Decision-Making Among Healthcare Workers in Post-Pandemic Infectious Disease Control.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- "Float[ing] in the Middle" Nurse Navigators and the Interface of Access to Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- How do patient and practitioner characteristics influence empathy in healthcare? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Breaking barriers: harnessing artificial intelligence for a stigma-free, efficient HIV prevention assessment among adults in South Africa.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Introducing the ELPIS scale: a novel tool for measuring emotional empathy toward cancer patients.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Medicine is not merely a job that requires technical expertise, but a profession concerned with making the best decisions and recommendations with reference to, and in consultation with, the patient. This means that the skill set required for healthcare professionals in order to provide good care is a combination of scientific knowledge, technical aptitude, and affective qualities or virtues such as compassion and empathy.
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