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Surgeons self-perceived roles and tasks and their effect on empathy: a qualitative exploration of general surgeons in Australia

2026-06-05

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Introduction Empathy is a complex, multi-dimensional process involving perception, cognition, motivation and regulation. Despite the recognition of the value of clinician empathy (Michalec & Hafferty, 2021), quantitative studies have shown that surgeons have lower empathy scores than other specialities (Hojat, 2018; Tariq et al., 2018; Walocha et al., 2013). While this has prompted edu...

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Literature Corpus work: ec59fcfe-582b-5e00-b8ea-a76fe6e714b6
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9561425/v1

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