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Professional Autonomy

"Professional Autonomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The quality or state of being independent and self-directing, especially in making decisions, enabling professionals to exercise judgment as they see fit during the performance of their jobs.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Professional Autonomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Professional Autonomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009
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