"Conflict of Interest" 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.
A situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's private interests and official responsibilities in a position of trust. The term is not restricted to government officials. The concept refers both to actual conflict of interest and the appearance or perception of conflict.
| Descriptor ID |
D016265
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.566.479.095 N05.350.225
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conflict of Interest" by people in Profiles.
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Predatory Journals: How Plastic Surgeons Avoid Becoming the Prey. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Mar 01; 149(3):602e-603e.
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Industry Payments to Plastic Surgeons: What Has Changed Over the Last 6 Years Following Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act? Aesthet Surg J. 2022 01 12; 42(2):210-221.
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Society for Vascular Surgery best practice recommendations for use of social media. J Vasc Surg. 2021 12; 74(6):1783-1791.e1.
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Are Surgical Consents an Ideal Platform for Disclosing Conflicts of Interests to Patients? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 11; 144(5):954e.
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Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2019 02; 201(2):398.
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Funding sources and financial disclosures, and their relationship to study outcomes and level of evidence in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017 Jun; 26(6):e193-e197.
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The ethics of insurance limiting institutional medical care: It's all about the money. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Apr; 63(4):1108-9.
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Fiduciary disparity clarity: Ethics of divided allegiances. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb; 63(2):546-7.
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Medicine as a profession: a hypothetical imperative in clinical ethics. J Med Philos. 2015 Feb; 40(1):1-7.
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The Physician Payment Sunshine Act: testing the value of transparency. JAMA. 2015 Jan 06; 313(1):23-4.