"Physicians" 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.
Individuals licensed to practice medicine.
| Descriptor ID |
D010820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.810 N02.360.810
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Physicians".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Physicians".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Physicians" by people in this website by year, and whether "Physicians" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2014 | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| 2015 | 23 | 7 | 30 |
| 2016 | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2018 | 19 | 16 | 35 |
| 2019 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2021 | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Physicians" by people in Profiles.
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Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Scribes: A Multisite Study. JAMA. 2026 Apr 28; 335(16):1408-1417.
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Workplace Accommodations and Attrition Among Physicians With Disabilities. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Mar 02; 9(3):e261922.
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Disposition at Equipoise: A Qualitative Study of Emergency Physicians' Decision-Making About Hospitalizing People With Dementia. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 03; 33(3):e70272.
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Effect of an Outcome Feedback Reporting System on Emergency Department Physicians' Chart Reaccess. Appl Clin Inform. 2026 01; 17(1):73-81.
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Training in medications for opioid use disorder and buprenorphine prescribing in the post X-waiver era: Insights from a nationwide, multispecialty survey. Prev Med. 2026 Feb; 203:108485.
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Comparing observed with self-reported hand hygiene adherence among bedside nurses and physicians at two hospitals in the United States. Am J Infect Control. 2026 Mar; 54(3):241-246.
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Parents' expectations for the management of pediatric diarrhea in the clinical setting: perspectives of parents and physicians in Bangladesh. J Trop Pediatr. 2025 Oct 23; 71(6).
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Associations of Physician Perspectives, Personal Choices, and Counseling for Severe Congenital Heart Defects. Prenat Diagn. 2025 10; 45(11):1402-1408.
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American Physician Scientist Association annual meetings: celebrating 20 years of physician-scientist training and collaboration. JCI Insight. 2025 Sep 09; 10(17).
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Clinician Perceptions of Virtual Scribe Use: A Survey Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Apr; 41(5):1229-1237.