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- 2019
Measuring empathy in a group of South African undergraduate medical students using the student version of the Jefferson Scale of EmpathyKeywords: empathy, medical education, Jefferson Scale for Empathy, validity, medical students, communication skills Abstract: 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
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