Rapid Assessment of Therapeutic Empathy (RATE): Development of a universal single-item empathy scale and validation of the patient-reported version.

Bennett-Weston A, Maltby J, Khunti K, Leung C, Narwal D, Otoo P, Iyadi-Wilson B, Howick J

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346994
Published: 2026
Container: PloS one
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0346994,
  title = {Rapid Assessment of Therapeutic Empathy (RATE): Development of a universal single-item empathy scale and validation of the patient-reported version.},
  author = {Bennett-Weston A and Maltby J and Khunti K and Leung C and Narwal D and Otoo P and Iyadi-Wilson B and Howick J},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PloS one},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0346994},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346994}
}

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A, B., J, M., K, K., C, L., D, N., P, O., B, I., & J, H. (2026). Rapid Assessment of Therapeutic Empathy (RATE): Development of a universal single-item empathy scale and validation of the patient-reported version.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346994

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