Therapeutic Empathy: What It is and What It Isn't

Overview

Journal J R Soc Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Jul 7

PMID 29978750

Citations 14

Authors

Jeremy Howick

Valeria Bizzari

Hajira Dambha-Miller

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