Empathy in senior year and first year medical students: a cross-sectional study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The importance of fostering the development of empathy in undergraduate students is continuously emphasized in international recommendations for medical education. Paradoxically, some studies in the North-American context using self-...

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Main Authors: Costa Patrício, Salgueira Ana P, Magalhães Eunice, Costa Manuel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/11/52