%0 Journal Article
%T Measuring empathy in a group of South African undergraduate medical students using the student version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy
%A Elize Archer
%A Roseanne Turner
%J Archive of "African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1956
%X Patient-centred care is a model of care that demands healthcare providers change their focus from the disease to the patient and his or her perceived physical and psycho-social needs. This model requires healthcare workers to listen actively and to have effective communication skills and well-developed levels of empathy
%K empathy
%K medical education
%K Jefferson Scale for Empathy
%K validity
%K medical students
%K communication skills
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6556929/