"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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| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Empathy" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Medical Improvisation on Therapeutic Use of Self: A Randomized Controlled Waitlist Study. Am J Occup Ther. 2025 Jan 01; 79(1).
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"Hospice Care Could Be a Compassionate Choice": ChatGPT Responses to Questions About Decision Making in Advanced Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2024 Dec; 27(12):1618-1624.
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Empathic communication skills training to reduce lung cancer stigma: Study protocol of a cluster randomized control trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Oct; 145:107669.
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Exploring the Utility and Fairness of a Multi-institutional Situational Judgment Test. Am J Pharm Educ. 2024 Aug; 88(8):100735.
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Evaluation of a Photo Captioning Cognitive Empathy Intervention for Dementia Caregivers. Clin Gerontol. 2024 Oct-Dec; 47(5):832-845.
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Getting ready for prime time: Recommended adaptations of an Empathic Communication Skills training intervention to reduce lung cancer stigma for a national multi-center trial. Transl Behav Med. 2023 Sep 28; 13(10):804-808.
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Integrating evidence-based communication principles into routine?cancer care. Support Care Cancer. 2023 Sep 08; 31(10):566.
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Opening the Black Box: Agreement and Reliability of a Situational Judgment Test Across Multiple Institutions. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 11; 87(11):100129.
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Empathic communication: The premise of inclusive care for historically excluded populations. Cancer. 2022 07 15; 128(14):2836-2837.
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Use of Situational Judgment Tests to Teach Empathy, Assertiveness, Communication, and Ethics. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 08; 86(6):8761.