Open AccessAltruism, an attitude of unselfish concern for others – an analytical cross sectional study among the Medical and Engineering students in Bangalore
Author(s) -
M L Bhuvana,
M B Pavithra,
D S Suresha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_834_20
Subject(s) - altruism (biology) , empathy , feeling , personality , scale (ratio) , social psychology , medicine , psychology , medical education , physics , quantum mechanics
Altruism is disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Intentional and voluntary actions that aim to enhance the welfare of another person in the absence of any external reward. With the background of increasing mistrust between the medical profession, media, and the public and increasing incidents of violence against doctors in India, there is a growing feeling that altruism in medicine, if not dying is at least declining.