Psychiatry and Psychology

Empathy

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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Abstract

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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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Caring
  • Compassion

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6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, genetics, physiology, radiation effects.

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71

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  • Emotions (1966-1970)

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  1. F01.752w.355w
  2. F01.752w.543w.500w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Empathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004645. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004645
  2. Empathy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy
  3. Empathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182263