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Table 1 Results by Discipline

From: Empathy and compassion in the health-related literature: disciplinary and topic trends and gaps

Ref #

Disciplinary terms searched with E/C

# of results associated with E (N = 21,260)

% of results associated with E

# of results associated with C (N = 23,942)

% of results associated with C

1

Psychology

11,998

56

12,990

54

2

Nursing

6489

31

7962

33

3

Education

5906

28

6504

27

4

Medicine

4329

20

5052

21

5

Communication

4427

21

4718

20

6

Emotions research

2173

10

2325

10

7

Healthcare ethics

1644

8

1839

8

8

Clinical ethics

1247

6

1264

5

9

Social theory

1084

5

1134

5

10

Language

1001

5

1068

4

11

Anthropology

935

4

1046

4

12

Neuroscience

915

4

979

4

13

Epidemiology

912

4

1102

5

14

Social neuroscience

597

3

621

3

15

Neural imaging

406

2

417

2

16

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

398

2

501

2

17

Linguistics

226

1

238

1

18

Conflict management

158

1

177

1

19

Mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral therapy

114

1

114

0

20

Social dynamics

106

0

118

0

21

Discourse analysis

70

0

78

0

22

Pragmatics

6

0

6

0

23

Sociolinguistics

0

0

0

0