%0 Journal Article %T Empathy among Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in One Malaysian Public Medical School %A Abdus Salam %A Bidyadhar Sa %A Golam Mohammad Kibria %A Mainul Haque %A Md. Anwarul Azim Majumder %A Md. Zakirul Islam %A Mohd Hafizi Ismail %A Nur Syamirah Aishah Binti Othman %A Shahidah Leong Abdullah %A Siti Nur Najihah Binti Lutfi %J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.4103/aam.aam_57_17 %X Empathy is one of the cardinal components for physician¨Cpatient relationships, optimal outcomes in patient care, improved patient satisfaction, greater adherence to therapy, and lower malpractice liability. It is also considered an essential quality for health-care professionals to practice medicine. The aim of the present study was to assess the empathy level of medical students of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) National Defense University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia %K Empathy %K examination grades %K Malaysia %K undergraduate medical students %K year of study %K Empathie %K notes d¡¯examen %K Malaisie %K ¨¦tudiants en m¨¦decine %K ann¨¦e d¡¯¨¦tudes %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330787/