Descriptor in English: | Empathy |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Empatía |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Empatia |
Descriptor in French: | Empathie |
Entry term(s): |
Caring Compassion |
Tree number(s): |
F01.752.355 F01.752.543.500.500 |
Scope note: | 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) |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification DE drug effects ES ethics GE genetics PH physiology RE radiation effects |
History Note: | 71 |
DeCS UI: | 4721 |
Descriptor UI: | D004645 |
Date Established: | 1971/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
-
-
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms -
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
|
Empathy
- Preferred
Caring
- Broader
Compassion
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0007308 |
Scope note | 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) |
Preferred term | Empathy |
Concept UI |
M0007309 |
Preferred term | Caring |
Concept UI |
M0007310 |
Preferred term | Compassion |
We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website
We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.
Go to survey