Considerations on empathic declination in medical students in latin america [Considerações acerca da declinação empática em estudantes de medicina na latino-américa] [Consideraciones sobre la declinación empática en estudiantes de medicina en latinoamérica]

Introduction: Some authors argue that empathy in medical students undergoes a declining process from the third year of medical school. On the other hand, some authors have found that such a decline does not occur. A working hypothesis is proposed which consists of several coexisting empathic behavio