Empathy, burn-out and the use of gut feeling: a cross-sectional survey of Danish general practitioners.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Research has suggested that physicians' gut feelings are associated with parents' concerns for the well-being of their children. Gut feeling is particularly important in diagnosis of serious low-incidence diseases in primary care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine whether empathy, that is, the ability to understand what another person is experiencing, relates to general practitioners' (GPs) use of gut feelings. Since empathy is associated with burn-out, we also examined whether the hypothesised influence of empathy on gut feeling use is dependent on level of burn-out. DESIGN:Cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Participants completed the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy and The Maslach Burnout Inventory. SETTING:Primary care. PARTICIPANTS:588 active GPs in Cent

SUBMITTER: Pedersen AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855338 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature