Concept information
Preferred term
Medicine
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health. Evidence-informed decisions related to health insurance coverage and health-related judgements based on diagnosis, prognosis, and effectiveness of interventions. (From www.insurance.cochrane.org assessed 12/28/2020) Various branches of medical practice limited to specialized areas.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Addiction Medicine
- Adolescent Medicine
- Aerospace Medicine
- Allergy and Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Bariatric Medicine
- Behavioral Medicine
- Clinical Medicine
- Community Medicine
- Dermatology
- Disaster Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Forensic Medicine
- General Practice
- Genetics, Medical
- Geography, Medical
- Geriatrics
- Global Health
- Hospital Medicine
- Integrative Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Military Medicine
- Molecular Medicine
- Naval Medicine
- Neurology
- Osteopathic Medicine
- Palliative Medicine
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Perioperative Medicine
- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Public Health
- Radiology
- Regenerative Medicine
- Reproductive Medicine
- Social Medicine
- Specialties, Surgical
- Sports Medicine
- Telemedicine
- Travel Medicine
- Tropical Medicine
- Vaccinology
- Venereology
- Wilderness Medicine
Allowable Qualifier(s)
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NJNHZQT9-6
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