A systematic review of tests of empathy in medicine.

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Published in BMC Med Educ on July 25, 2007

Authors

Joanne M Hemmerdinger1, Samuel D R Stoddart, Richard J Lilford

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. jhemmerdinger@yahoo.co.uk

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