Fig 3. “Values space, clusters, and networks”.

Empathy Empathy is a main value imbued in a larger axiological cluster, in which the central axis consists of compassion, universalism, recognition of the person and their dignity, benevolence, and a positive clinician-patient relationship. Originating from this main axiological pillar, we found support, solidarity, affective relationships, patience, respect, identification with others, therapeutic utility, improvement of the quality of life, orientation, efficient problem solving, confidence, and responsibility. Respect The axiological spinal cord of respect comprises intrinsic dignity, empathy, autonomy, confidentiality and understanding of multiculturalism. From these values, recognition of the patient’s will, respect for the person, non-discrimination, awareness of pain and suffering, professional secrecy, fruitful clinician-patient relationship and communication are derived. Of the above qualities, those marked in bold font are the values to which clinicians most frequently alluded before the CME intervention, although they did not necessarily name them as such. Those listed in regular font were either inexistent or barely perceptible before the course but began to appear in the second set of interviews.