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Descriptor English: Writing
Descriptor Spanish: Escritura
Descriptor escritura
Scope note: Acto o práctica de la composición literaria, la ocupación del escritor, producir o realizar un trabajo literario como profesión.
Descriptor Portuguese: Redação
Descriptor French: Écriture
Tree number(s): L01.559.423.906
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014956
Scope note: The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
Annotation: the act or profession of writing or its product; do not confuse with PUBLISHING or LITERATURE or AUTHORSHIP or JOURNALISM; style of writing goes here; includes typewriting; editing for publication is indexed as PUBLISHING; writing for periodicals is indexed as PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; letters & correspondence of biographees & famous persons are indexed as CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC (IM); HANDWRITING and MEDICAL WRITING are also available
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
ST standards
DeCS ID: 15354
Unique ID: D014956
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Writing - Preferred
Concept UI M0023030
Scope note The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.
Preferred term Writing



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