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Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
100
Citations
43900
World Ranking
94
National Ranking
5

Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
45811
World Ranking
7565
National Ranking
290

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Amiram Gafni is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans multiple subfields, including General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research addresses key topics in healthcare, particularly focusing on patient-provider communication, chronic disease management strategies, and thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment. Other prominent topics include geriatric care and nursing homes, health systems with an emphasis on economic evaluations and quality of life, global cancer incidence and screening, and the implementation of clinical practice guidelines.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Amiram Gafni include Anna M. Sawka, Sangeet Ghai, Jennifer M. Jones, Nancy N. Baxter, and David P. Goldstein.

Research outputs have been published predominantly in several venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • Thyroid
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
  • CMAJ Open
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Amiram Gafni include:

  • A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study of Decision-Making on Surgery or Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer, 2020, Thyroid
  • Effectiveness of a community program for older adults with type 2 diabetes and multimorbidity: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 2020, BMC Geriatrics
  • A Quantitative Analysis Examining Patients' Choice of Active Surveillance or Surgery for Managing Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer, 2022, Thyroid
  • The stroke transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: a multisite pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 2023, BMC Geriatrics
  • Comparison of Heart Team vs Interventional Cardiologist Recommendations for the Treatment of Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease, 2020, JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • Shared decision-making in the medical encounter: What does it mean? (or it takes at least two to tango)

    Cathy Charles;Amiram Gafni;Tim Whelan

  • Decision-making in the physician-patient encounter: revisiting the shared treatment decision-making model.

    Cathy Charles;Amiram Gafni;Tim Whelan

  • What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members

    Daren K. Heyland;Peter Dodek;Graeme Rocker;Dianne Groll

  • What do we mean by partnership in making decisions about treatment

    Cathy Charles;Tim Whelan;Amiram Gafni

  • Less-tight versus tight control of hypertension in pregnancy

    Laura A. Magee;Peter von Dadelszen;Evelyne Rey;Susan Ross

  • The practice guidelines development cycle: a conceptual tool for practice guidelines development and implementation.

    G. P. Browman;M. N. Levine;E. A. Mohide;R. S. A. Hayward

  • HEALTH CARE CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDIES : A REVIEW AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE LITERATURE

    Alan Diener;Bernie O’Brien;Bernie O’Brien;Amiram Gafni

  • Quality-adjusted Life Years, Utility Theory, and Healthy-years Equivalents:

    Abraham Mehrez;Amiram Gafni

  • Effect of a decision aid on knowledge and treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: a randomized trial.

    Timothy Whelan;Mark Levine;Andrew Willan;Amiram Gafni

  • A shared treatment decision-making approach between patients with chronic conditions and their clinicians: the case of diabetes.

    Victor M. Montori;Amiram Gafni;Cathy Charles

  • Maternal outcomes at 2 years after planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: the international randomized Term Breech Trial.

    Mary E Hannah;Hilary Whyte;Walter J Hannah;Sheila Hewson

  • Outcomes of children at 2 years after planned cesarean birth versus planned vaginal birth for breech presentation at term: the International Randomized Term Breech Trial.

    Hilary Whyte;Mary E. Hannah;Saroj Saigal;Walter J. Hannah

  • A Randomized Trial of Planned Cesarean or Vaginal Delivery for Twin Pregnancy

    Jon F. R. Barrett;Mary E. Hannah;Eileen K. Hutton;Andrew R. Willan

  • Effect of a Decision Aid on Knowledge and Treatment Decision Making for Breast Cancer Surgery

    Timothy Whelan;Mark Levine;Andrew Willan;Amiram Gafni

  • Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth (MACS): a randomised controlled trial.

    Kellie E Murphy;Mary E Hannah;Andrew R Willan;Sheila A Hewson

  • Physician-patient-companion communication and decision-making: a systematic review of triadic medical consultations.

    R.C. Laidsaar-Powell;P.N. Butow;S. Bu;C. Charles

  • Availability and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines and their effect on use in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

    Rasha Khatib;Rasha Khatib;Martin McKee;Harry Shannon;Clara Chow

  • Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Mobile Health Technologies for Managing Chronic Conditions in Older Adults: A Scoping Review

    Nancy Matthew-Maich;Lauren Harris;Jenny Ploeg;Maureen Markle-Reid

  • When Do the "Dollars" Make Sense? Toward a Conceptual Framework for Contingent Valuation Studies in Health Care

    B O'Brien;A Gafni

  • Cost effectiveness/utility analyses. Do current decision rules lead us to where we want to be?

    Stephen Birch;Amiram Gafni

  • Shared decision-making in the medical encounter

    Cathy. Charles;Amiram. Gafni;Timothy Joseph. Whelan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Birch
Stephen Birch University of Queensland
Lehana Thabane
Lehana Thabane McMaster University
Andrew R. Willan
Andrew R. Willan University of Toronto
Gina Browne
Gina Browne McMaster University
Timothy J. Whelan
Timothy J. Whelan McMaster University
Alexandra Papaioannou
Alexandra Papaioannou McMaster University
Jonathan D. Adachi
Jonathan D. Adachi McMaster University
Sharon E. Straus
Sharon E. Straus University of Toronto
Arne Ohlsson
Arne Ohlsson University of Toronto
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal McMaster University

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