Social intelligence and medical empathy in Iranian and English medical students: a comparative cross-cultural study

• Main Authors: Azadeh Taheri, Fariba Soheili, Mahsima Pourshahriari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Persian
• Published: Kurdistan University of Medical Scienses 2017
• Subjects: social intelligence; medical empathy; medical students; comparative cross-cultural study; Psychiatry; RC435-571; Psychology; BF1-990; Sheffield; Tromso
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0ce4cb2017e24ffcb25d7574e6ebedee

Introduction: social intelligence and physician empathy with patients considered as two effective factors in the quality of medical services. These variables are influenced by culture and they have various manifestations in different cultures which considering them is effective in appropriate commun...