"Empathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An individual's objective and insightful awareness of the feelings and behavior of another person. It should be distinguished from sympathy, which is usually nonobjective and noncritical. It includes caring, which is the demonstration of an awareness of and a concern for the good of others. (From Bioethics Thesaurus, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D004645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.355 F01.752.543.500.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| 2018 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Communication as a High-Stakes Clinical Skill: "Just-in-Time" Simulation and Vicarious Observational Learning to Promote Patient- and Family-Centered Care and to Improve Trainee Skill. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11):1534-1539.
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Self-Compassion and Rumination Type Mediate the Relation between Mindfulness and Parental Burnout. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 20; 18(16).
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Global limited edition: Brand-name bags during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 10; 28(10):1207-1208.
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The role of mothers' self-compassion on mother-infant bonding during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study exploring the mediating role of mindful parenting and parenting stress in the postpartum period. Infant Ment Health J. 2021 09; 42(5):621-635.
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Coronavirus: the 7th C affecting the 6Cs. A focus on compassion, care and touch. Br J Nurs. 2021 Aug 12; 30(15):928-933.
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Social belonging, compassion, and kindness: Key ingredients for fostering resilience, recovery, and growth from the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2022 01; 35(1):1-8.
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Compassionate goals predict COVID-19 health behaviors during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0255592.
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Exercising empathy: Pharmacists possess skills to increase coronavirus vaccine confidence. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022 Jan-Feb; 62(1):296-301.
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"I'm Being Forced to Make Decisions I Have Never Had to Make Before": Oncologists' Experiences of Caring for Seriously Ill Persons With Poor Prognoses and the Dilemmas Created by COVID-19. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 01; 18(1):e89-e97.
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Alternatives to traditional medical work experience for aspiring medical students. BMJ. 2021 07 23; 374:n1835.