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Table 4 Results Specific to Medicine

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

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Terms searched with E/C within medicine

# of results associated with E (N = 4329)

% of results associated with E

# of results associated with C (N = 5052)

% of results associated with C

1

Psychology

2159

50

2393

47

2

Communication

1183

27

1293

26

3

Emotions

637

15

692

14

4

Thought

490

11

537

11

5

Interventions

271

6

344

7

6

Language

223

5

248

5

7

Attitudes and emotions

203

5

219

4

8

Burnout

165

4

250

5

9

Patient-centered communication

128

3

139

3

10

Physician relationships

125

3

136

3

11

Communication and language

124

3

133

3

12

Conflict

108

2

132

3

13

Difficult patients

97

2

115

2

14

Positive emotions

89

2

103

2

15

Negative emotions

70

2

86

2

16

Emotional awareness

66

2

82

2

17

Connection

57

1

70

1

18

Facial expressions

58

1

58

1

19

Compassion fatigue

52

1

143

3

20

Anger

43

1

58

1

21

Linguistics

41

1

47

1

22

Language and emotions

42

1

43

1

23

Discrimination

36

1

42

1

24

Conflict management

33

1

39

1

25

Frustration

33

1

36

1

26

Psychosocial perspectives

15

0

18

0

27

Implicit bias

11

0

11

0

28

Conscious mind

10

0

10

0

29

Social dynamics

9

0

11

0

30

Interpersonal conflict

8

0

10

0

31

Relationship dynamics

7

0

7

0

32

Explicit bias

7

0

7

0

33

Conscious decision-making

5

0

5

0

34

Discrimination and lack of E/C

5

0

5

0

35

Resentment

2

0

4

0

36

Linguistic structures

1

0

1

0

37

Rumination

0

0

4

0

38

Compassionate communities

0

0

1

0

39

Self-talk

0

0

0

0

40

Interpersonal conflict and lack of E/C

0

0

0

0

41

Pragmatics

0

0

0

0

42

Resistant thought

0

0

0

0

43

Discrimination, negative thought, and lack of E/C

0

0

0

0