"Medicine in Literature" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Written or other literary works whose subject matter is medical or about the profession of medicine and related areas.
| Descriptor ID |
D008513
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.517.584
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicine in Literature" by people in Profiles.
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The Sacred Trust. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Dec; 66(6):A17-9.
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Alternate methods to teach history of anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2014 Feb; 118(2):438-447.
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Doctors in the wilderness. Tex Med. 2005 Jul; 101(7):17-8.
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The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Headache. 2004 Jun; 44(6):624-5.
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Surgical lessons from Shakespeare. Curr Surg. 2004 Jan-Feb; 61(1):96-7.
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The play's the thing: using literature and drama to teach about death and dying. Fam Med. 2000 Sep; 32(8):523-4.