Empathy differences by gender and specialty preference in medical students: a study in Brazil
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- 21 May 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Journal of Medical Education in International Journal of Medical Education
- Vol. 7, 153-157
Abstract
We have conducted this study to assess medical students’ empathy and to examine empathy differences by students’ socio-demographic characteristics, including gender, and specialty preference.Keywords
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