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

Table 3 Results Specific to Nursing

Ref #	Terms searched with E/C within nursing	# of results associated with E (N = 6489)	% of results associated with E	# of results associated with C (N = 7962))	% of results associated with C
1	Psychology	3729	57	3980	50
2	Communication	1306	20	1383	17
3	Emotions	737	11	808	10
4	Thought	701	11	752	9
5	Attitudes and emotions	359	6	381	5
6	Burnout	267	4	376	5
7	Interventions	263	4	326	4
8	Language	235	4	255	3
9	Conflict	151	2	163	2
10	Compassion fatigue	132	2	278	3
11	Connection	113	2	128	2
12	Communication and language	104	2	112	1
13	Linguistics	82	1	85	1
14	Positive emotions	77	1	88	1
15	Patient-centered communication	73	1	76	1
16	Conflict management	73	1	75	1
17	Difficult patients	71	1	83	1
18	Emotional awareness	69	1	78	1
19	Negative emotions	56	1	66	1
20	Anger	56	1	64	1
21	Frustration	53	1	56	1
22	Language and emotions	28	0	30	0
23	Physician relationships	23	0	25	0
24	Discrimination	18	0	22	0
25	Social dynamics	17	0	19	0
26	Facial expressions	15	0	15	0
27	Interpersonal conflict	13	0	13	0
28	Psychosocial perspectives	9	0	11	0
29	Relationship dynamics	7	0	8	0
30	Resentment	4	0	4	0
31	Rumination	2	0	4	0
32	Conscious decision-making	3	0	3	0
33	Discrimination and lack of E/C	3	0	3	0
34	Compassionate communities	2	0	3	0
35	Self-talk	2	0	2	0
36	Conscious mind	1	0	1	0
37	Linguistic structures	1	0	1	0
38	Interpersonal conflict and lack of E/C	0	0	0	0
39	Pragmatics	0	0	0	0
40	Implicit bias	0	0	0	0
41	Resistant thought	0		0
42	Discrimination, negative thought, and lack of E/C	0	0	0	0
43	Explicit bias	0	0	0	0

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