Empathy in nurse-patient interaction: a conversation analysis

Abstract Background Considerable attention has been drawn to empathy in nursing and the concept of empathy has firmly been embedded in nursing discourse. However, little has been known about the details of how nurses express empathy to their patients. In this study, we aim to conduct a qualitative s...

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Main Author: Yijin Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Nursing
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00535-0