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Empathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another’s state of mind or emotion It is often characterized as the ability to put oneself into another’s shoes or to in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself The importance of empathy is more apparent in professions like medicine In this study it is aimed to determine the empathy levels of physicians and to investigate whether these vary by demographic factors As a result it is demonstrated that the empathy level of physicians is determined by two factors named 8220;posit 8221; and 8220;emotional approach 8221; Furthermore it is suggested that the empathy level differs by gender years of practice position age and department variables Keywords: Empathy Physician Empathy Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy

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