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.

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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 Decision Making 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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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Mental Processes [F02.463]
Thinking [F02.463.785]
Decision Making [F02.463.785.373]

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Bar chart showing 403 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 28 publications in 2014 and 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	2	3
1997	1	2	3
1998	3	2	5
1999	0	4	4
2000	2	2	4
2001	1	2	3
2002	2	5	7
2003	0	5	5
2004	5	7	12
2005	5	7	12
2006	5	15	20
2007	4	12	16
2008	5	7	12
2009	8	8	16
2010	8	15	23
2011	8	7	15
2012	4	14	18
2013	7	13	20
2014	14	14	28
2015	8	15	23
2016	12	11	23
2017	16	12	28
2018	19	8	27
2019	12	9	21
2020	5	10	15
2021	5	7	12
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	11	12
2024	1	10	11
2025	1	1	2

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Belden L, Kaempf J, Mackley A, Kernan-Schloss F, Chen C, Sturtz W, Tomlinson MW, Guillen U. Evaluating decision regret after extremely preterm birth. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025 Feb 21; 110(2):191-199.

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Silberberg A, Iolster T, Pizarro C, Borschuk A, Castro M?ndez J, Kreutzer C, Matheny Antommaria AH. A Controversial Clinical Case of a Child With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 01; 155(2).

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Lopes MI, Wittmann-Price RA. The Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision-Making in Women's Health Care: An Analysis Based on McEwen. Holist Nurs Pract. 2025 May-Jun 01; 39(3):141-150.

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Richterman A, Aitcheson N, Durnwald C, Curley C, Short WR, Jean Louis M, Momplaisir F, Thirumurthy H. Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 29(2):556-561.

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Salek M, Porter AS, Maradiege E, Dolendo MCJ, Figueredo D, Geriga F, Gunasekera S, Kizyma R, Nguyen HTK, Nzamu I, Raza MR, Rustamova K, Sari NM, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Graetz D, Bhakta N, Kaye EC. Exploring treatment decision-making at diagnosis for children with advanced cancer in low- and middle-income countries. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Oct 29; 32(11):753.

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Hoadley A, Fleisher L, Kenny C, Kelly PJ, Ma X, Wu J, Guerra C, Leader AE, Alhajji M, D'Avanzo P, Landau Z, Bass SB. Exploring Racial Disparities in Awareness and Perceptions of Oncology Clinical Trials: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the mychoice Study. JMIR Cancer. 2024 09 30; 10:e56048.

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Reyes CZ, Laswi I, Rehim E, Yacoub HA, Leary MC. Assessing the influence of neurology Residency's social media presence on Applicants' decision to apply to US residency training programs. J Neurol Sci. 2024 Aug 15; 463:123143.

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de Waure C, Alti E, Baldo V, Bonanni P, Conversano M, Fedele A, Gabutti G, Ieraci R, Landi F, Landolfi R, Orsi A, Rizzo C, Rossi A, Villani A, Vitale F, Domnich A. Mapping and ranking outcomes for the evaluation of seasonal influenza vaccine efficacy and effectiveness: a delphi study. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2024 Jan-Dec; 23(1):636-644.

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Myers RE, Hallman MH, Shimada A, DiCarlo MA, Davis KV, Leach WT, Chambers CV. Primary care patient interests in joining a planned multi-cancer early detection clinical trial. Cancer Med. 2024 May; 13(10):e7312.

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Ding K, Bear B, Sood E, Alderfer M, Crosby L, Hildenbrand AK. Disease-modifying therapies for sickle cell disease: Decisional needs and supports among adolescents and young adults. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Jul; 71(7):e30999.

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