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Preferred term

Empathy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Caring
  • Compassion

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)

History note

  • 71

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • empaattisuus
  • empathia
  • myötäeläminen
  • myötätunto
  • Swedish

  • Medkänsla
  • Medlidande
  • Omtanke

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004645

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