"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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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Frangieh J, Sarver LC, Hughes V. Caring: The heart of online nursing education- An integrative review. J Prof Nurs. 2024 May-Jun; 52:40-49.
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Tailor PD, Dalvin LA, Starr MR, Tajfirouz DA, Chodnicki KD, Brodsky MC, Mansukhani SA, Moss HE, Lai KE, Ko MW, Mackay DD, Di Nome MA, Dumitrascu OM, Pless ML, Eggenberger ER, Chen JJ. A Comparative Study of Large Language Models, Human Experts, and Expert-Edited Large Language Models to Neuro-Ophthalmology Questions. J Neuroophthalmol. 2025 Mar 01; 45(1):71-77.
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Mangione S. The Empathy Gap. Am J Med. 2024 03; 137(3):290-291.
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Cattaneo RA, Gonz?lez N, Leafe A, Fleishman R. Pediatric Resident Perceptions of a Narrative Medicine Curriculum. J Med Humanit. 2024 Jun; 45(2):157-169.
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Pariseault CA, Copel LC, McKay MA. Original Research: Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Patients and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Communication Challenges. Am J Nurs. 2022 01 01; 122(1):22-30.
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Fukuyasu Y, Kataoka HU, Honda M, Iwase T, Ogawa H, Sato M, Watanabe M, Fujii C, Wada J, DeSantis J, Hojat M, Gonnella JS. The effect of Humanitude care methodology on improving empathy: a six-year longitudinal study of medical students in Japan. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jun 04; 21(1):316.
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Jacoby JL, Cole JD, Ruble MJ, Smith AB, Laubach LT, Greenberg MR, Macfarlan JE, DeWaay DJ, Barraco RD, Shigo E, Crowley L, Quinn JF. Measures of Burnout and Empathy in United States Doctor of Pharmacy Students: Time for a Change? J Pharm Pract. 2022 Dec; 35(6):940-946.
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Gray-Miceli D. Use of Watson's theory of human caring to open the door to improve residents well-being. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 May-Jun; 42(3):782-783.
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Hojat M, Shannon S, DeSantis J, Speicher M, Bragan L, Calabrese L. In Reply to Schattner and to Ozair et al. Acad Med. 2021 03 01; 96(3):318.
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Sarosi A, Coakley BA, Berman L, Mueller CM, Rialon KL, Brandt ML, Heiss K, Weintraub AS. A cross-sectional analysis of compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction in pediatric surgeons in the U.S. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug; 56(8):1276-1284.