Decline of Empathy During Medical Education

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¹ Fourth-year medical student, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ahmadozair@kgmcindia.edu ; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-4541 .
² Second-year medical student, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Professor, Department of Physiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Ahmad Ozair et al. Acad Med. 2021.

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doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003748.

¹ Fourth-year medical student, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; ahmadozair@kgmcindia.edu ; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-4541 .
² Second-year medical student, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
³ Professor, Department of Physiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Hojat M, Shannon S, DeSantis J, Speicher M, Bragan L, Calabrese L. Hojat M, et al. Acad Med. 2021 Mar 1;96(3):318. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003752. Acad Med. 2021. PMID: 33661837 No abstract available.

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