"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 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 18 | 32 |
| 2017 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 2019 | 27 | 12 | 39 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Physicians" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of Awareness of Excessive Use of Force on the Psychological Well-being and Workplace Environment of Emergency Physicians: A Pilot Study. West J Emerg Med. 2026 May 18; 27(3):688-697.
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Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Scribes: A Multisite Study. JAMA. 2026 04 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 Jan; 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 02; 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 03; 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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Exploring the impact of ethno-racial trauma on the well-being of US physicians: A scoping review. Med Educ. 2026 03; 60(3):247-270.
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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.