BMC emergency medicine
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BMC emergency medicine · Nov 2019
Multicenter StudyValidation of a 5-item tool to measure patient assessment of clinician compassion in the emergency department.
To test if the 5-item compassion measure (a tool previously validated in the outpatient setting to measure patient assessment of clinician compassion) is a valid and reliable tool to quantify a distinct construct (i.e. clinical compassion) among patients evaluated in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The 5-item compassion measure is a valid and reliable tool to measure patient assessment of clinical compassion in the ED.