TY - JOUR AU - San Martín, Montserrat AU - Delgado-Bolton, Roberto AU - Vivanco, Luis PY - 2017 SN - 1664-1078 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/45220 AB - Context: Empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning are described as key elements of professionalism. The first recipients of their benefits are professionals themselves. Paradoxically, scarce studies have reported association between professionalism... AB - Materials and Methods: The Jefferson Scale of Empathy, the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration, the Jefferson Scale of Physicians Lifelong Learning, and the Scale of Collateral Effects (somatization, exhaustion, and work... AB - Results: A total of 353 (68%) surveys were returned fully completed. Adequate reliability was confirmed in all instruments. No differences were found among countries for collateral effects. Correlation analysis confirmed in physicians an inverse... AB - Conclusion: The findings support the importance that empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning have in practitioners’ health and welfare, and the role that cultural behaviors, associated to work professional models and social stereotypes, play in the... LA - eng PB - Frontiers Media KW - Empathy KW - Collaboration KW - Lifelong learning KW - Somatization KW - Exhaustion KW - Alienation KW - Healthcare professionals KW - Latin America TI - Professionalism and Occupational Well-Being: Similarities and Differences Among Latin American Health Professionals DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00063 ER -