 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
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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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| 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 | 10 | 10 | 20 | | 2007 | 8 | 4 | 12 | | 2008 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2009 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2010 | 6 | 13 | 19 | | 2011 | 16 | 12 | 28 | | 2012 | 24 | 13 | 37 | | 2013 | 23 | 22 | 45 | | 2014 | 26 | 17 | 43 | | 2015 | 25 | 12 | 37 | | 2016 | 28 | 18 | 46 | | 2017 | 27 | 16 | 43 | | 2018 | 32 | 23 | 55 | | 2019 | 23 | 26 | 49 | | 2020 | 12 | 23 | 35 | | 2021 | 6 | 13 | 19 | | 2022 | 6 | 15 | 21 | | 2023 | 9 | 16 | 25 | | 2024 | 14 | 12 | 26 | | 2025 | 15 | 8 | 23 | | 2026 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decision Making" by people in Profiles.
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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.
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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).
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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 May; 27(5):106154.
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Sawka AM, Ghai S, Rotstein L, Irish JC, Pasternak JD, Lajkosz K, Xu W, Jones JM, Gafni A, Baxter NN, Goldstein DP. Patient-Reported Outcomes Three Years After Deciding on Surgery or Active Surveillance for Small, Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study. Thyroid. 2026 Apr; 36(4):385-396.
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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.
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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.
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Holtrop JS, Dorsey-Holliman B, Hamilton AB. Navigating qualitative methods choices in dissemination and implementation research. Implement Sci. 2025 Dec 17; 21(1):11.
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Gelino BW, Felton JW, Hung IT, Strickland JC, Kahn GD, Thomas NS, Gowin JL, Sloan ME, Palmer AA, Sanchez-Roige S, Sanches MR, Yip SW, Maher BS, Rabinowitz JA. Delay discounting violations vary by adolescent sociodemographics: Excluding nonsystematic data may bias conclusions. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2026 Feb; 34(1):31-43.
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Thaxton L, Arey W, Pérez GA, Paramasivam P, Lerma K, White K. Texas' Abortion Ban Conflicts With Person-Centered Health Care: Experiences of Texans With Medically Complex Pregnancies. Womens Health Issues. 2026 Mar-Apr; 36(2):106-111.
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Velo AE, Mudd J, Slatore CG, Flores R, Swanson S, Smith CB, Chidel M, Rosenzweig KE, Kern JA, Wisnivesky JP. Factors Associated With Provider Decision-Making of Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or Sublobar Resection. Clin Lung Cancer. 2026 Jan; 27(1):59-69.
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