Compassionate physicians: personality traits and prosocial attitudes.
Three groups of physicians were identified based on their compassionate behavior. Associations with personal characteristics indicate that physicians with high self-esteem are more likely than those with low self-esteem to behave in congruence with their attitudes towards people.
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Department of the Sociology of Health, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Glick
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D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012963:Sociometric Techniques