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MeSH Heading: Medicine
Tree Number(s): H02.403
Unique ID: D008511
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008511
Annotation: medicine only as a field, profession or discipline: differentiate from DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE where the patient is emphasized; very general; it is divided broadly into experimental medicine ( = BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH) & CLINICAL MEDICINE, a specialty devoted to the diagnosis & management of human patients; / legislation & jurisprudence = LEGISLATION, MEDICAL or JURISPRUDENCE or FORENSIC MEDICINE; LEGAL MEDICINE see FORENSIC MEDICINE is also available
Scope Note: The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.
Entry Term(s): Insurance Medicine; Medical Specialities; Medical Specialties; Medical Specialty; Specialities, Medical; Specialties, Medical; Specialty, Medical
See Also: Economics, Medical; Education, Medical; History of Medicine; Insurance, Health; Legislation, Medical
Public MeSH Note: 1963; for SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL see SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL 1968-2009
History Note: 1963
Entry Combination: economics:Economics, Medical; education:Education, Medical; ethics:Ethics, Medical; history:History of Medicine; legislation & jurisprudence:Legislation, Medical
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/07/06

Entry Combination: economics:Economics, Medical; education:Education, Medical; ethics:Ethics, Medical; history:History of Medicine; legislation & jurisprudence:Legislation, Medical
Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0020217
Scope Note: Various branches of medical practice limited to specialized areas.
Terms: Specialties, Medical Preferred Term
Term UI T038426
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968); Medical Specialties
Term UI T038423
Date12/04/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Medical Specialty
Term UI T038424
Date12/04/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Specialty, Medical
Term UI T038425
Date12/04/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Specialities, Medical
Term UI T038428
Date03/15/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Medical Specialities
Term UI T038427
Date03/15/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1996)

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