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Table 2 A Comparison of the Scores on the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Among 285 Female Japanese Physicians in Different Specialties

From: Measurement and correlates of empathy among female Japanese physicians

Specialties

n

Mean

SD

People-oriented1

156

112.9

11.7

Technology-oriented2

98

106.9

11.2

Other3

31

108.4

13.1

  1. F (2,282) = 8.4, p < .001 (people-oriented > technology-oriented = other)
  2. 1 People-oriented specialties included general internal medicine, general pediatrics and psychiatry.
  3. 2 Technology-oriented specialties included anesthesiology, surgery and surgical specialties, pathology, radiology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, obstetrics/gynecology, and urology.
  4. 3 Other specialties included emergency medicine, public health, rehabilitation medicine, and unspecified specialties.
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