 Decision Making
"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.785.373
|
| Concept/Terms |
Decision Making, Shared- Decision Making, Shared
- Decision Makings, Shared
- Making, Shared Decision
- Makings, Shared Decision
- Shared Decision Making
- Shared Decision Makings
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Decision Making".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Decision Making".
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.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1998 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2001 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2005 | 5 | 9 | 14 | | 2006 | 9 | 10 | 19 | | 2007 | 8 | 4 | 12 | | 2008 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2009 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2010 | 6 | 13 | 19 | | 2011 | 16 | 12 | 28 | | 2012 | 25 | 13 | 38 | | 2013 | 23 | 22 | 45 | | 2014 | 26 | 17 | 43 | | 2015 | 25 | 12 | 37 | | 2016 | 29 | 18 | 47 | | 2017 | 27 | 15 | 42 | | 2018 | 32 | 23 | 55 | | 2019 | 23 | 25 | 48 | | 2020 | 12 | 22 | 34 | | 2021 | 6 | 13 | 19 | | 2022 | 6 | 15 | 21 | | 2023 | 9 | 16 | 25 | | 2024 | 13 | 12 | 25 | | 2025 | 15 | 8 | 23 | | 2026 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Decision Making" by people in Profiles.
-
Hansen A, Luca S, Moran O, Babul-Hirji R, Coe TB, Wilk K, Assamad D, Fooks K, Venkataramanan V, Shickh S, Yan J, Wu V, Badalato L, Balci TB, Ladouceur VB, Chad L, Chisholm C, Gillespie MK, Huang L, Jarinova O, Lau L, Lee W, Mackley MP, Marshall CR, Mendoza-Londono R, Morel CF, Richer J, Sawyer S, Stavropoulos DJ, Szuto A, Tarnopolsky M, Villani A, Zahavich L, Somerville MJ, Boycott KM, Ungar WJ, Hayeems RZ. Understanding the decision of parents to opt-out of medically actionable secondary findings offered through genome sequencing. J Genet Couns. 2026 Jun; 35(3):e70218.
-
Bowen L, Teelin K, Huguelet P, McArdle E. When Teens With Consent Authority Refuse Life-Saving Care: Weighing Capacity and Confidentiality. Pediatrics. 2026 Jun 01; 157(6).
-
Tallantyre EC, Planchon SM, Howard H, Mays J, Frowd N, Cohen JA, Coles A, Hersh CM, Miller DM, Dever M, Gray EH, LaRocca NG, Nakamura K, Bale C, Covey-Crump G, Alvarez E, Arun T, Brownlee WJ, Craner M, Freeman L, Frost N, Goldman MD, Gupta RK, Harding KE, Hobart J, Hutton GJ, Hyland MH, Kalra S, Kannan M, Kantarci O, Lashley D, Lily O, Mahad D, Nicholas JA, Nicholas R, Paling D, Pearson OR, Rice CM, Samudralwar R, Schmalstieg WF, Singh M, Zune The E, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zabeti A, Love TE, Gunzler DD, Liu Y, Gerry S, Evangelou N, Ontaneda D. Disease-modifying treatment preferences and decision-making in a multiple sclerosis randomized and observational clinical trial (DELIVER-MS). Mult Scler. 2026 Jun; 32(7):722-736.
-
Jeon JH, Higgins MG, Durden J, Adams M, Vemuru S, Matlock DD, Leslie SE, Lee CN, Tevis SE. Attitudes and Perspectives on Shared Decision Making Among Breast Surgical Oncologists: A Qualitative Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Jul; 33(7):6433-6443.
-
Barendregt NW, Gold JI, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Information-seeking decision strategies mitigate risk in dynamic, uncertain environments. J R Soc Interface. 2026 Apr 15; 23(237).
-
Shelkowitz E, Schrier Vergano SA, Penon-Portmann M, Wixson G, Beckman E, Campbell T, Mills MR, Kochhar A, Wilfond BS, Trowbridge A, Coughlin CR, Wightman A. New treatments, novel conversations: A need to study the science of communication about treatment options for inborn errors of metabolism. Genet Med. 2026 Jun; 28(6):102581.
-
Hickman SE, Lum HD, Unroe KT. Family Caregiver Perspectives on Advance Care Planning Discussions for Residents With Dementia Led by Trained Nursing Home Staff: Insights From the APPROACHES Project. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2026 05; 27(5):106154.
-
Parmet T, Yoder G, McCaffery K, Hersch J, Schapira MM, Lewis CL, Cappella JN, Tate C, Morse B, Scherer LD. Women's screening preferences shift after being informed about the 2024 USPSTF breast cancer screening guideline. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Jul; 148:109581.
-
Loehr J, Moser CA, Asturias EJ, Shaw AC, Goddard K, Chen LH, Chu HY, Kamboj M, Hawkinson D, Maldonado YA, Talbot HK, Brewer NT. Science for vaccine policy: Lack of transparency, misinformation, and poor decision processes at the December 2025 ACIP meeting. Vaccine. 2026 Mar 19; 76:128338.
-
Holtrop JS, Dorsey-Holliman B, Hamilton AB. Navigating qualitative methods choices in dissemination and implementation research. Implement Sci. 2025 12 17; 21(1):11.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|