| Descriptor English: | Medicine | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Medicina                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicina | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Médecine | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Insurance Medicine Medical Specialities Medical Speciality Medical Specialties Medical Specialty Specialities, Medical Speciality, Medical Specialties, Medical Specialty, Medical  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        H02.403 SH1.020.020.040.010  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008511 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health. | 
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| 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 | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification IS instrumentation MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Entry Combination: | 
                                                                            economics:Economics, Medical
                                                                                 education:Education, Medical history:History of Medicine legislation & jurisprudence:Legislation, Medical ethics:Ethics, Medical  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1963; for SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL see SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL 1968-2009 | 
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| History Note: | 1963 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Economics, Medical
                                            MeSH                                             Education, Medical MeSH History of Medicine MeSH Legislation, Medical MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 8678 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D008511 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1963/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 | 
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                                        DISCIPLINES AND OCCUPATIONS
 
Health Occupations [H02]Health Occupations 
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                        Medicine                                            
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                        Specialties, Medical                                            
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                        Insurance Medicine                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0013251 | 
                                
| Scope note | The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health. | 
| Preferred term | Medicine | 
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                                        M0020217 | 
                                
| Scope note | Various branches of medical practice limited to specialized areas. | 
| Preferred term | Specialties, Medical | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Medical Specialities                                                 Medical Speciality Medical Specialties Medical Specialty Specialities, Medical Speciality, Medical Specialty, Medical  | 
                                
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                                        M000742208 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Insurance Medicine | 
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