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Table 1 Search

From: The impact of artificial intelligence on the person-centred, doctor-patient relationship: some problems and solutions

Database

Search terms

Comments

Number of results

PubMed

("ai"[Title/Abstract] OR "artificial intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "algorithm*"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine learning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer reasoning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer vision system*"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("doctor patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "physician patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR empathy[Title/Abstract] OR compassion[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic alliance"[Title/Abstract])

4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor)

910

PhilPapers

ai OR artificial intelligence OR machine and patient doctor relationship OR empathy OR compassion

Does not allow the same number of search terms as the other databases. 3 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., replacing doctor patient relationship with therapeutic alliance)

299

SCOPUS

("ai"[Title/Abstract] OR "artificial intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "algorithm*"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine intelligence"[Title/Abstract] OR "machine learning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer reasoning"[Title/Abstract] OR "computer vision system*"[Title/Abstract]) AND ("doctor patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "physician patient relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR empathy[Title/Abstract] OR compassion[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic relation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "therapeutic alliance"[Title/Abstract])

4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor)

1870

WebofScience

TS = ((ai OR "artificial intelligence" OR algorithm* OR "machine intelligence" OR "machine learning")) AND TS = (("doctor patient relation*" OR "physician patient relation*" OR empathy OR compassion))

Search results were too wide using the same query as PubMed and WebofScience. Narrowed it down to the most relevant/key concepts. 4 searches were conducted using variations of this query (e.g., switching doctor patient into patient doctor)

1619

Google Scholar

ai OR artificial intelligence OR machine and patient doctor relationship OR empathy OR compassion

The 150 first (most relevant) results were considered

150