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General Medicine. Health Professions | ||
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Classify here general and miscellaneous material relating to the health professions.
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| W 1-28 Reference Works. General Works | ||
| W 32-64 Law. Ethics. Professional-Patient Relations | ||
| W 74-80 Medical Economics | ||
| W 82-83.1 Biomedical Technology | ||
| W 84-85.5 Health Services. Patients and Patient Advocacy | ||
| W 87-96 Professional Practice | ||
| W 100-275 Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Service Plans | ||
| W 322-323 Social Welfare through Medicine | ||
| W 601-925 Forensic Sciences | ||
| W 601-750 Reference and General Works | ||
| W 775-867 Medicolegal Examination | ||
| W 900-925 Disability Evaluation. Compensation | ||
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| W 1 |
Serials. Periodicals
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 2 |
Serial documents
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify here government administrative reports and statistics, including administrative reports and statistics on several hospitals under governmental administration. Cf. WX 2 Hospital administrative reports and statistics.
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| W 3 |
Congresses
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| W 3.5 |
Directories of congresses
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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As of July 1, 1988, NLM no longer assigns W3.5 or ZW 3 to newly acquired publications.
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| W 4A |
American dissertations on clinical research, by author
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify other topics and reproductions by subject; classify dissertations which qualify as Americana in WZ 270. NLM does not use W4A for current materials.
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| W 4 |
Dissertations on clinical research by university
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify other topics and reproductions by subject. NLM does not use W4 for current materials.
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Collected works (General) | ||
| W 5 |
By several authors
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| W 6 |
Pamphlet volumes. Miscellaneous reprint volumes
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| W 7 |
By individual authors
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| W 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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Classify works on specific topics by subject.
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| W 10 |
Travels (including expeditions and voyages)
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Classify works on travel medicine at WA 108.
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| [W 11] |
[This number not used]
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| W 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify material on medical shorthand here if it is the primary subject of book.
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| W 15 |
Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify works on classification of disease and on disease eponyms in WB 15.
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| W 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify serial government administrative reports and statistics in W2.
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| W 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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| W 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education and the history of medical education. For education in the history of medicine, see WZ 18.
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| W 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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| W 19 |
Schools and colleges
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Include here works on the history of schools.
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| W 19.5 |
School catalogs, announcements, etc.
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify here works of all schools including schools of dentistry and nursing.
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| W 20 |
Graduate and continuing medical education (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.)
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| W 20.5 |
Biomedical research (General)
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Classify here material on the various aspects and accomplishments of medical research. Classify works on research limited to a particular subject with the subject.
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| W 20.55 |
Special topics, A-Z
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| W 20.55.A5 |
Animal experimentation. Animal testing alternatives
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| W 20.55.E7 |
Ethics in research
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| W 20.55.F4 |
Fetal research
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| W 20.55.H9 |
Human experimentation. Research subjects
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| W 20.55.T7 |
Translational medical research
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| W 20.9 |
Fraternities
(Cutter from name of fraternity)
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| W 21 |
Medicine as a profession. Peer review
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| W 21.5 |
Allied health personnel. Allied health professions
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| W 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
Laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. | ||
| Classify here works on research laboratories in general. Classify works on clinical laboratories in general in QY 23-24. Classify works on specific types of laboratories in the appropriate schedule, e.g., hospital laboratories in WX 207. | ||
| W 23 |
Collective
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| W 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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| W 26 |
Equipment and supplies
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify here medical and surgical supply and instrument catalogs as well as catalogs of special equipment, e.g., tables and chairs in doctors' waiting rooms. Include works on history of instruments in general.
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| W 26.5 |
Informatics. Health informatics
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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| W 26.55 |
Special topics, A-Z
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| W 26.55.A7 |
Artificial intelligence. Expert systems
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| W 26.55.A9 |
Automatic data processing
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| W 26.55.C7 |
Computers. Computer systems
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| W 26.55.D2 |
Decision making, Computer-assisted
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| W 26.55.I4 |
Information systems. Information storage and retrieval
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| W 26.55.S6 |
Software
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | ||
| W 27 |
Collective
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| W 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution or exhibit)
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| W 32 |
Laws (General)
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 32.5 |
Discussion of law. Medical jurisprudence (General)
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Include here works on legal advice, court decisions and opinions, legal rights and obligations. Cf. W 700, etc., Forensic medicine.
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| W 32.6 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 33 |
Laws and discussion of laws governing medical practice
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| [W 39] |
[This number not used]
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Classify handbooks for the health professions in W 49.
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| W 40 |
Licensure
(Table G)
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| W 40.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 44 |
Malpractice
(Table G)
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| W 44.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 49 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 50 |
Medical ethics
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Classify clinical ethics in WB 60.
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| W 58 |
Advertising
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| W 61 |
Medical philosophy and logic
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| W 62 |
Physicians' interpersonal relations. Attitude
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Classify here works on relations with patients and other professionals.
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| W 64 |
Referral and consultation (General)
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Classify here works on referral, etc., initiated by the physician. Classify works on particular medical problems by subject; works on problems referred by specialists with the specialty.
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| W 74 |
Medical economics. Health care costs (General)
(Table G)
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Cf. W 50 for economic aspects of medical ethics.
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| W 74.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 76 |
Health manpower and services, distribution and characteristics
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Classify works limited to allied health manpower in W 21.5.
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| W 79 |
Income of physicians
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| W 80 |
Practice management (including business administration)
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Classify here medical secretaries' handbooks.
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| W 82 |
Biomedical technology (General)
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| W 83 |
Telemedicine (General)
(Table G)
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| W 83.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 84 |
Health services. Delivery of health care (General)
(Table G)
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Classify works on public health administration in appropriate WA number.
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| W 84.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 84.3 |
Research (General)
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| W 84.4 |
Quality of health care (General)
(Table G)
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Classify works on quality of health care relating only to private practice in WB 50.
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| W 84.41 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 84.5 |
Comprehensive health care. Community medicine
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Cf. WA 546 Community health service.
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| W 84.6 |
Primary health care (General)
(Table G)
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| W 84.61 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 84.7 |
Patient care planning. Progressive health care (General)
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Classify works on care of hospital patients in WX 162.
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| W 84.8 |
Patient care team
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Classify works on hospital teams in WX 162.5.
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| W 85 |
Patients. Attitude and compliance
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Classify works on attitude toward particular subject with the subject, e.g., toward hospitals, WX 158.5.
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| W 85.2 |
Patient satisfaction
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| W 85.4 |
Patient rights. Advocacy
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| W 85.5 |
Right to die. Advance directives. Living wills
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Cf. WB 310 Hospice care. Terminal care.
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| W 87 |
Professional practice
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Cf. W 21 Medicine as a profession. Include here general works about types of practice in medicine and allied fields. Classify works on specific medical specialties or allied fields by subject, e.g., on surgery in WO 21; on nursing in WY 101-145, etc.
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| W 88 |
Administrative work. Teaching. Research
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| W 89 |
General or family practice (As a specialty). Private practice
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Classify works for general practitioner or family doctor in WB 110.
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| W 90 |
Specialization (General)
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Classify works on a particular specialty with the specialty.
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| W 92 |
Group practice. Partnership practice
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| [W 94] |
[This number not used]
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| W 96 |
Institutional practice
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| W 100 |
General works
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Cf. W 275 General service plans by country.
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| W 125 |
Voluntary pre-payment plans (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Table G)
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| W 125.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 130 |
Managed care plans (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Table G)
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| W 130.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 132 |
Health maintenance organizations
(Table G)
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| W 132.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 160 |
Hospitalization insurance. Major medical insurance. Long-term care insurance. Medigap insurance
(Table G)
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| W 160.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 185 |
Compulsory pre-payment plans (not a function of the state) (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Table G)
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| W 185.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 225 |
Medicine as function of the state
(Table G)
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Classify here material on health protection for everyone as a function of the state, supported by taxation, with medical services subject to regulation by the state.
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| W 225.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 250 |
Medical care for low-income, uninsured and indigent groups. Medicaid
(Table G)
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| W 250.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 255 |
Nursing insurance
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| W 260 |
Dental insurance. State dentistry
(Table G)
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| W 260.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 265 |
Pharmaceutical insurance
(Table G)
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| W 265.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 270 |
Psychiatric insurance
(Table G)
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| W 270.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 275 |
Medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or psychiatric service plans, by country (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Table G)
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Cf. W 100 General works, not subdivided by country. Classify works on specific types of insurance with the insurance.
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| W 322 |
Medical social work
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Include works on social service in hospitals here. Cf. WM 30.5 Psychiatric social work.
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| W 323 |
Medical missions
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Classify biographical or autobiographical works of medical missionary doctors and nurses in WZ 100.
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| W 601 |
Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
Collected works (General) | ||
| W 605 |
By several authors
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| W 607 |
By individual authors
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| W 609 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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| W 611 |
History
(Table G)
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| W 611.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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| W 613 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 615 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 616 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 617 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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Classify here atlases and pictorial works on any phase of forensic medicine, etc.
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| W 618 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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| W 618.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
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Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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| W 622 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 622.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
Laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. | ||
| W 623 |
Collective
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| W 624 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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| W 625 |
Laboratory manuals. Technique
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| W 626 |
Equipment and supplies
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Classify catalogs in W 26.
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| W 626.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Museums, exhibitions, etc., on medicolegal subjects | ||
| W 627 |
Collective
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| W 628 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution, exhibit, etc.)
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| [W 632] |
[This number not used]
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Classify works on medical jurisprudence only in W 32.5-32.6. Cf. W 700.
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| W 639 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) | |
| W 700 |
General works
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Classify here general works on medical and pathological examination of criminal evidence, as well as works including material on medical jurisprudence. Classify works on medical jurisprudence only, in W 32.5-32.6.
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| W 705 |
Forensic dentistry
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| W 725 |
Expert testimony
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| W 740 |
Forensic psychiatry. Forensic psychology
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Classify works on commitment in WM 32-33.
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| W 750 |
Other forensic sciences
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Include here works on specialties not elsewhere classified, e.g., forensic chemistry, forensic anthropology, forensic toxicology, forensic genetics. Classify works on forensic nursing in WY 170.
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| W 775 |
Medicolegal forensic examination (General)
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| W 780 |
Examination of the living
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| W 783 |
Malingering
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| W 786 |
Genetic identification
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| W 789 |
Legal establishment of the beginning of life
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| W 791 |
Consanguinity. Paternity. Pregnancy
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| W 795 |
Rape. Sexual offenses
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Classify works on child sexual abuse in WA 325.
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| W 800 |
Examination of dead bodies. Duties of coroners
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| W 820 |
Signs of death. Time of death. Sudden death
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| W 822 |
Destruction and attempted destruction of the human body
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| W 825 |
Determination of cause of death. Forensic autopsy
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| W 843 |
Trauma
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| W 860 |
Criminal violence. Homicide
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| W 864 |
Suicide
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| W 867 |
Criminal abortion. Infanticide
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| W 900 |
Forensic aspects of insurance
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Classify works on liability insurance in form number 44 with malpractice when available in NLM schedules or in HG 9990 if general material.
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| W 910 |
Forensic aspects of compensation to victims of criminal violence
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| W 925 |
Forensic aspects of occupational disease and injury
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