 Empathy
"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)
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D004645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.355 F01.752.543.500.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Empathy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Empathy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Lim DS, Kim D, Aboulhosn J, Levi D, Fleming G, Hainstock M, Sommer R, Torres AJ, Zhao Y, Shirali G, Babaliaros V. Congenital Pulmonic Valve Dysfunction Treated With SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (from the COMPASSION S3 Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2023 03 01; 190:102-109.
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Masonbrink AR, Miller MK. Caring for Hospitalized Adolescents: Opportunities to Identify and Address Unmet Reproductive Health Needs. J Adolesc Health. 2019 06; 64(6):689-690.
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Lantos JD, Meadow WL. Should the "slow code" be resuscitated? Am J Bioeth. 2011 Nov; 11(11):8-12.
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Lantos JD. The edge of the known world. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 Mar-Apr; 26(2):510-4.
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Boardman T, Catley D, Grobe JE, Little TD, Ahluwalia JS. Using motivational interviewing with smokers: do therapist behaviors relate to engagement and therapeutic alliance? J Subst Abuse Treat. 2006 Dec; 31(4):329-39.
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Hauser J, Lantos J. Stories of caring and connection: four books on death and dying. Hastings Cent Rep. 2000 Mar-Apr; 30(2):44-7.
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