The measurement and development of empathy in nursing / William J. Reynolds.
Material type: TextSeries: Developments in nursing and health care | Developments in nursing and health care ; 21Publication details: Aldershot : Ashgate, 2000.Description: 200p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780754612643 (hbk.) :
- 0754612643
- 610.730699 REY
- RT86.3
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 610.730699 REY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 116754 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-143).
1. Empathy is crucial to helping--2. The problem: Professional helpers, including nurses, do not normally display much empathy--3. Analysis: Empathy has not been measured in clients' terms and accordingly taught--4. Solution, Part 1: A reliable and valid client-centred empathy scale has now been developed--5. Solution, Part 2: Using this scale, a course has been developed which does help nurses to show empathy--6. Summary and implications: Such a course may help others to learn as well.
The author emphasises throughout this text the importance of learning from the experience of doing. The focus is on empathy in the nurse/patient situation and the way it can be identified and as far as possible, taught.