"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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Concordance of End-of-Life Care With End-of-Life Wishes in an Integrated Health Care System. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 04 01; 4(4):e213053.
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Testing the efficacy of motivational strategies, empathic reflections, and lifelike features in a computerized intervention for alcohol use: A factorial trial. Psychol Addict Behav. 2019 Sep; 33(6):511-519.
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Engaging youths with serious mental illnesses in treatment: STARS study consumer recommendations. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2012 Sep; 35(5):360-368.
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More than words: patients' views on apology and disclosure when things go wrong in cancer care. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Mar; 90(3):341-6.
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"I wouldn't be this firm if I didn't care": preventive clinical counseling for reproductive health. Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Feb; 82(2):254-9.
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Learning and caring in communities of practice: using relationships and collective learning to improve primary care for patients with multimorbidity. Ann Fam Med. 2010 Mar-Apr; 8(2):170-7.
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Another breed of "service" animals: STARS study findings about pet ownership and recovery from serious mental illness. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2009 Jul; 79(3):430-6.
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Measuring peer caring behaviors of nursing students: scale development. Int J Nurs Stud. 2007 Jan; 44(1):105-14.
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How frail elders evaluate their caregiver's role enactment: a scale to measure affection, skill, and attentiveness. J Fam Nurs. 2006 Aug; 12(3):251-75.
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Application and evaluation of a caring code in clinical nursing education. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Apr; 44(4):177-84.