"Decision Making" 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.
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.
| Descriptor ID |
D003657
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.785.373
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| Concept/Terms |
Decision Making, Shared- Decision Making, Shared
- Decision Makings, Shared
- Making, Shared Decision
- Makings, Shared Decision
- Shared Decision Making
- Shared Decision Makings
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decision Making" by people in this website by year, and whether "Decision Making" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2000 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2008 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 2009 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 2011 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2012 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2013 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2014 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2016 | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| 2017 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 2018 | 17 | 24 | 41 |
| 2019 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2020 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 2021 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decision Making" by people in Profiles.
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An electronic health record-based strategy to increase PrEP decision-making among cisgender women in primary care: results of a randomized pilot study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr 24; 25(1):589.
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Using the Nudge Theory to Enhance Attending Anesthesiologist Breaks. J Med Syst. 2025 Feb 07; 49(1):21.
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Pediatric DTC Genetic Testing for Adult-Onset Inherited Cancer Risk: The Perspectives of High-Risk Parents. Public Health Genomics. 2025; 28(1):102-112.
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Decision Aid for Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Apr; 13(4):915-922.e10.
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Motor decision-making under uncertainty and time pressure. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Feb 01; 133(2):414-427.
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Moral conviction interacts with metacognitive ability in modulating neural activity during sociopolitical decision-making. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2025 Apr; 25(2):291-310.
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Exploring adolescent contraceptive counseling: A hypothetical daughter scenario. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jan; 130:108486.
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Trait reward sensitivity modulates connectivity with the temporoparietal junction and Anterior Insula during strategic decision making. Biol Psychol. 2024 Oct; 192:108857.
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Two-physician certification in end-of-life decision making. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Aug; 25(8):966-968.
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Surgical Decision-Making: Who Should Be Offered Sacrocolpopexy? Int Urogynecol J. 2024 Aug; 35(8):1577-1580.