Empathy Among Physicians and Nurses in Japan: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study.

Tomoe OtsukaKota SakaguchiNathan HouchensYasuhisa NakanoTakeshi EndoSeiji OdagawaDaisaku YamasakiMamoru MiwaYoshihiko ShiraishiYasuharu TokudaHitomi KataokaYasuharu Tokuda

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)

Physicians had significantly lower scores on the JSE than nurses in Japan. Higher age, self-identified female gender, having children, working at a small hospital, having a mother who is a physician, and having a father who is a nurse or co-medical professional were factors associated with the level of empathy.

Keyphrases

primary care
healthcare
mental health
young adults
emergency department
acute care
adverse drug