 Goals
"Goals" 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 end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance.
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D006040
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Goals" by people in this website by year, and whether "Goals" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2015 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2016 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2018 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2020 | 7 | 12 | 19 | | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2023 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Goals" by people in Profiles.
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Chary AN, Tamma S, Bhananker AR, Ramirez J, Bozkurt B, Schoenfeld EM, Haimovich AD, Lam K, Naik AD. A qualitative study of goals of hospital care and health outcome goals among patients admitted for heart failure. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Oct; 151:109769.
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Lange AV, Hess E, Barón AE, Paden G, Morgan B, DeGroot L, Campbell EG, Bekelman DB. Goal Concordance in the Advancing Symptom Alleviation with Palliative Treatment Clinical Trial of a Nurse and Social Worker Palliative Telecare Team Intervention. J Palliat Med. 2026 Jul; 29(7):951-956.
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Doyon K, Glickman A, Deng L, Ma J, Bigger SE, Bekelman DB. Guided Goals of Care Conversations Reveal Evolving, Personalized Priorities. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Jun; 71(6):744-752.
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Eviz E, Karakus KE, Gökçe T, Can E, Yesiltepe Mutlu G, Hatun S. Improving Diabetes Care Through Teamwork, Comprehensive Education, Tighter Goals, and Technology: Single-Center Data from Türkiye J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2026 03 13; 18(1):48-57.
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Rising KL, Gerolamo AM, Sarpoulaki N, Salcedo VJ, Amadio G, Casten R, Chang AM, Gentsch AT, O'Hayer CV, Rovner B, Worster B. Patient- and Caregiver-Identified Goals for Advance Care Planning in Patients With Dementia or Cognitive Impairment. Dementia (London). 2026 Jan; 25(1):134-152.
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Rosen JE, Chen S, Britt R, Fox A, Downard C, Moalem J. Goal-Oriented Surgical Mentoring Yields Long-Term Benefits for Both Mentor and Mentee. Am Surg. 2026 Jan; 92(1):209-215.
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Sarteau AC, Couch S, Kosorok MR, Gordon-Larsen P, Poole C, Shah A, Smart C, Mayer-Davis E. Evaluating behavioral goals for eating timing, frequency, and distribution of daily carbohydrate consumption among youth with type 1 diabetes (MyPlan): A single arm pilot and feasibility study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2025 Aug; 226:112321.
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Verberkmoes S, Mazza GL, Edmondson AC, Scaglia F, Horikoshi S, Kuschel B, Janssen MCH, Mousa J, Larson A, Shah R, McDonald G, Sarafoglou K, Berry G, Kozicz T, Lam C, Morava E. Goal attainment in PMM2-CDG: A new approach measuring meaningful clinical outcomes. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 May; 145(1):109087.
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Wechsler S, Singh S, Azuero A, Khalidi S, Stevens CJ, Hegel M, Muse C, Newman R, Dos Anjos S, Morency J, Ejem D, Bakitas M, Lyons K. Goal Satisfaction, Not Attainment, Predicted Occupational Performance Improvement During Behavioral Activation/Problem-Solving Rehabilitation After Breast Cancer. OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2026 Jan; 46(1):60-73.
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Rush BK, Kim L, Savinoff S, Watson M, Strom L. Ask the Patient: Goals for Functional seizure treatment. Epilepsy Behav. 2024 Dec; 161:110141.
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