Physicians

"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.

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Individuals licensed to practice medicine.

Descriptor ID	D010820
MeSH Number(s)	M01.526.485.810 N02.360.810
Concept/Terms	Physicians Physicians Physician

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Physicians".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Physicians [M01.526.485.810]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Physicians [N02.360.810]

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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.

Bar chart showing 139 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	0	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	5	1	6
2007	3	2	5
2008	5	1	6
2009	1	1	2
2010	3	4	7
2011	2	1	3
2012	1	5	6
2013	4	2	6
2014	2	1	3
2015	5	1	6
2016	3	6	9
2017	7	3	10
2018	4	2	6
2019	5	3	8
2020	6	3	9
2021	13	1	14
2022	7	0	7
2023	8	0	8
2024	5	1	6
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Physicians" by people in Profiles.

Brooks JS, Blankson PK, Campbell PM, Cowley RA, Yang TS, Oseni T, Rodriguez A, Idris MY. Assessment of Physician Preferences for Large Language Model-Generated Responses Across Geographic Regions and Clinical Experience Levels: Preliminary Survey Study. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Jan 27; 10:e82487.

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Azama KA, Lim E. A Cross-sectional Examination of Burnout in Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Hawaii. J Occup Environ Med. 2026 Apr 01; 68(4):343-351.

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BinAbdulBaten R, Islam S, Islam A, Hossain A. Does physician recruitment impact access and health of rural residents? Evidence from the 2014 recruitment of 6000 physicians in Bangladesh. Rural Remote Health. 2025 10; 25(4):9715.

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Firouzbakht S, Wong Z, Ronquillo T, Tschann M, Choi SY, Soon R. Factors Influencing Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents' Intentions to Provide Abortion Care after Training. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025 09; 84(9):168-179.

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Li C, Baltrus P, Josiah Willock R, Blount M, Gaglioti A, Bailey B, Caplan LS, Douglas MD, Mack D. County-Level Analysis of the Health Impact of Black Physicians in Georgia. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Jun; 13(3):2357-2368.

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Varas-D?az N, Madera SR, Padilla M, Neilands TB, Vertovec J, Rivera-Bustelo K, Santiago-Santiago AJ, Mercado R?os CA, Reid G, Grove K, Ramos Pibernus A. Beyond financial incentives: a quantitative study on spatial stigma and Puerto Rican physician migration to the United States. Glob Public Health. 2025 12; 20(1):2467767.

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Ovalles Lacruz A, Valle MS, Santoyo K, Clarke RD, Bhoite P, Alarcon LN. Empowering Future Physicians: Enhancing Naloxone Competency Through Early Harm Reduction Training in Medical Education. MedEdPORTAL. 2025; 21:11499.

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Seto JC, Beals J, Seto TB, Olson H, Lian KC, Ramirez M, Steinemann S. The Impact of a Commensality Intervention on Physician Burnout. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 12; 83(12):322-326.

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Padilla M, Varas-Diaz N, Rodr?guez-Madera S, Vertovec J, Rivera-Custodio J, Rivera-Bustelo K, Mercado-Rios C, Matiz-Reyes A, Santiago-Santiago A, Gonz?lez-Font Y, Ramos-Pibernus A, Grove K. "They think we wear loincloths": Spatial stigma, coloniality, and physician migration in Puerto Rico. Med Anthropol Q. 2024 06; 38(2):224-239.

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Lall MD, Jayaprakash N, Carrick A, Chang BP, Himelfarb NT, Thomas Y, Wong ML, Dobiesz V, Raukar NP. Consensus-Driven Recommendations to Support Physician Pregnancy, Adoption, Surrogacy, Parental Leave, and Lactation in Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Jun; 83(6):585-597.

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