BISAC Subject Headings List
Medical
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MEDICAL
Use subjects in this section for scholarly works and/or for works aimed at medical or health care professionals. For works aimed at nonprofessionals, use subjects in the HEALTH & FITNESS section.
Scholarly or professional works discussing diseases should be assigned subjects in this section that pertain to the branch of medicine that studies the disease in question (if no specific branch of medicine applies, use subjects in this section for the specific disease or type of disease): for example, a textbook about cancer would be assigned a subject beginning with "MEDICAL / Oncology"; a clinical work on AIDS research would be assigned "MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV". Subjects beginning with "HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions" are intended for popular works that discuss preventing or coping with a specific disease or condition and/or for popular works describing the experiences of people with a specific disease or condition.
Use "MEDICAL / History" for works on the history of medicine and use "MEDICAL / Medical History & Records" for works dealing with the medical history and records of patients.
Use "MEDICAL / Nursing / Home & Community Care" for works on nursing that occurs outside of a traditional medical facility (either at a patient's home or within the community) and use "MEDICAL / Nursing Home Care" for works on nursing homes and nursing home care.
MED000000 MEDICAL / General
MED001000 MEDICAL / Acupuncture
MED002000 MEDICAL / Administration
MED022020 MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV
MED003000 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General
MED003010 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Emergency Medical Services
MED003020 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Hypnotherapy
MED003070 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Imaging Technologies
MED003090 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Massage Therapy
MED003030 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Assistants
MED003100 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Coding & Billing
MED003040 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology
MED003050 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Occupational Therapy
MED003060 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Physical Therapy
MED003080 MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Respiratory Therapy
MED004000 MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine
MED005000 MEDICAL / Anatomy
MED006000 MEDICAL / Anesthesiology
MED101000 MEDICAL / Atlases
MED007000 MEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology
MED111000 MEDICAL / Bariatrics
MED008000 MEDICAL / Biochemistry
MED090000 MEDICAL / Biostatistics
MED009000 MEDICAL / Biotechnology
MEDICAL / Cancer see headings under Oncology
MED010000 MEDICAL / Cardiology
MED011000 MEDICAL / Caregiving
MED012000 MEDICAL / Chemotherapy
MED013000 MEDICAL / Chiropractic
MED014000 MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Communicable Diseases see Infectious Diseases
MEDICAL / Complementary Medicine see Alternative & Complementary Medicine
MEDICAL / Cosmetic Surgery see Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive
MED015000 MEDICAL / Critical Care
MED016000 MEDICAL / Dentistry / General
MED016010 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Dental Assisting
MED016020 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Dental Hygiene
MED016080 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Dental Implants
MED016060 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Endodontics
MED016050 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Oral Surgery
MED016030 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Orthodontics
MED016040 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Periodontics
MED016090 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Practice Management
MED016070 MEDICAL / Dentistry / Prosthodontics
MED017000 MEDICAL / Dermatology
MED018000 MEDICAL / Diagnosis
MED019000 MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General
MED019010 MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / Radiography
MED098000 MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / Ultrasonography
MED020000 MEDICAL / Dictionaries & Terminology
MED021000 MEDICAL / Diet Therapy
MED022000 MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Diseases / Abdominal see Gastroenterology
MEDICAL / Diseases / AIDS & HIV see AIDS & HIV
MEDICAL / Diseases / Bacterial see Infectious Diseases
MEDICAL / Diseases / Brain see Neurology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Cancer see headings under Oncology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Cardiopulmonary see Cardiology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Cardiovascular see Cardiology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Cerebrovascular see Neurology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Communicable see Infectious Diseases
MEDICAL / Diseases / Cutaneous see Dermatology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Diabetes see Endocrinology & Metabolism
MEDICAL / Diseases / Digestive Organs see Gastroenterology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Endocrine Glands see Endocrinology & Metabolism
MEDICAL / Diseases / Gastrointestinal see Gastroenterology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Genetic see Genetics
MEDICAL / Diseases / Genitourinary see Urology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Immunological see Immunology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Infectious see Infectious Diseases
MEDICAL / Diseases / Neuromuscular see Anatomy or Neurology or Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation or Physiology
MEDICAL / Diseases / Nutritional see Nutrition
MEDICAL / Diseases / Respiratory see Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases / Viral see Infectious Diseases
MED023000 MEDICAL / Drug Guides
MED024000 MEDICAL / Education & Training
MED025000 MEDICAL / Embryology
MED026000 MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine
MED027000 MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism
MED116000 MEDICAL / Environmental Health
MED028000 MEDICAL / Epidemiology
MEDICAL / Equipment see Instruments & Supplies
MED109000 MEDICAL / Essays
MED050000 MEDICAL / Ethics
MED112000 MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MED029000 MEDICAL / Family & General Practice
MED030000 MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine
MED031000 MEDICAL / Gastroenterology
MEDICAL / General Practice see Family & General Practice
MED107000 MEDICAL / Genetics
MED032000 MEDICAL / Geriatrics
MED033000 MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics
MED034000 MEDICAL / Healing
MED035000 MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery
MED036000 MEDICAL / Health Policy
MED037000 MEDICAL / Health Risk Assessment
MEDICAL / Hearing see Audiology & Speech Pathology
MED038000 MEDICAL / Hematology
MED114000 MEDICAL / Hepatology
MED110000 MEDICAL / Histology
MED039000 MEDICAL / History
MED040000 MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine
MED041000 MEDICAL / Home Care
MEDICAL / Hospice Care see Terminal Care
MED043000 MEDICAL / Hospital Administration & Care
MED044000 MEDICAL / Immunology
MED122000 MEDICAL / Indigenous Health & Healing *
MEDICAL / Industrial Medicine see Occupational & Industrial Medicine
MED115000 MEDICAL / Infection Control
MED022090 MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases
MED117000 MEDICAL / Informatics
MED108000 MEDICAL / Instruments & Supplies
MED045000 MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
MEDICAL / Iridology see Alternative & Complementary Medicine
MED047000 MEDICAL / Laboratory Medicine
MED048000 MEDICAL / Lasers in Medicine
MED113000 MEDICAL / Long-Term Care
MED049000 MEDICAL / Medicaid & Medicare
MEDICAL / Medical Ethics see Ethics
MED051000 MEDICAL / Medical History & Records
MED102000 MEDICAL / Mental Health
MEDICAL / Metabolism see Endocrinology & Metabolism
MED052000 MEDICAL / Microbiology
MED118000 MEDICAL / Military Medicine
MEDICAL / Mind-Body Medicine (Psychoneuroimmunology) see Alternative & Complementary Medicine
MED123000 MEDICAL / Multicultural Medicine *
MEDICAL / Naturopathy see HEALTH & FITNESS / Naturopathy
MEDICAL / Neonatology see Perinatology & Neonatology
MED055000 MEDICAL / Nephrology
MED056000 MEDICAL / Neurology
MED057000 MEDICAL / Neuroscience
MEDICAL / Neurosurgery see Surgery / Neurosurgery
MED091000 MEDICAL / Nosology
MEDICAL / Nuclear Medicine see Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
MED058000 MEDICAL / Nursing / General
MED058010 MEDICAL / Nursing / Anesthesia
MED058020 MEDICAL / Nursing / Assessment & Diagnosis
MED058240 MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans
MED058030 MEDICAL / Nursing / Critical & Intensive Care
MED058040 MEDICAL / Nursing / Emergency
MED058050 MEDICAL / Nursing / Fundamentals & Skills
MED058060 MEDICAL / Nursing / Gerontology
MED058070 MEDICAL / Nursing / Home & Community Care
MED058100 MEDICAL / Nursing / LPN & LVN
MED058110 MEDICAL / Nursing / Management & Leadership
MED058120 MEDICAL / Nursing / Maternity, Perinatal, Women's Health
MED058220 MEDICAL / Nursing / Medical & Surgical
MED058140 MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient
MED058150 MEDICAL / Nursing / Nutrition
MED058160 MEDICAL / Nursing / Oncology & Cancer
MED058230 MEDICAL / Nursing / Palliative Care
MED058080 MEDICAL / Nursing / Pediatric & Neonatal
MED058170 MEDICAL / Nursing / Pharmacology
MED058180 MEDICAL / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health
MED058190 MEDICAL / Nursing / Reference
MED058200 MEDICAL / Nursing / Research & Theory
MED058090 MEDICAL / Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues
MED058210 MEDICAL / Nursing / Test Preparation & Review (see also STUDY AIDS / NCLEX)
MED059000 MEDICAL / Nursing Home Care
MED060000 MEDICAL / Nutrition
MEDICAL / Obstetrics see Gynecology & Obstetrics
MED061000 MEDICAL / Occupational & Industrial Medicine
MED062000 MEDICAL / Oncology / General
MED062010 MEDICAL / Oncology / Breast Cancer
MED062020 MEDICAL / Oncology / Leukemia & Lymphoma
MED062030 MEDICAL / Oncology / Lung Cancer
MED062040 MEDICAL / Oncology / Pediatric
MED062050 MEDICAL / Oncology / Prostate Cancer
MED062060 MEDICAL / Oncology / Skin Cancer
MED063000 MEDICAL / Ophthalmology
MED064000 MEDICAL / Optometry
MEDICAL / Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery see Surgery / Oral & Maxillofacial
MED065000 MEDICAL / Orthopedics
MED092000 MEDICAL / Osteopathy
MED066000 MEDICAL / Otolaryngology
MED093000 MEDICAL / Pain Management
MED103000 MEDICAL / Parasitology
MED067000 MEDICAL / Pathology
MED068000 MEDICAL / Pathophysiology
MEDICAL / Patients see Physician & Patient
MED094000 MEDICAL / Pediatric Emergencies
MED069000 MEDICAL / Pediatrics
MED070000 MEDICAL / Perinatology & Neonatology
MED071000 MEDICAL / Pharmacology
MED072000 MEDICAL / Pharmacy
MED073000 MEDICAL / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
MED074000 MEDICAL / Physician & Patient
MED104000 MEDICAL / Physicians
MED075000 MEDICAL / Physiology
MEDICAL / Plastic Surgery see Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive
MED100000 MEDICAL / Podiatry
MED095000 MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement
MED076000 MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine
MED077000 MEDICAL / Prosthesis
MED105000 MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General
MED105010 MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent
MED105020 MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology
MED078000 MEDICAL / Public Health
MED079000 MEDICAL / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
MED080000 MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine
MED081000 MEDICAL / Reference
MED121000 MEDICAL / Regenerative Medicine
MEDICAL / Reimbursement see Practice Management & Reimbursement
MED082000 MEDICAL / Reproductive Medicine & Technology
MED106000 MEDICAL / Research
MED083000 MEDICAL / Rheumatology
MED119000 MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine
MEDICAL / Speech Pathology see Audiology & Speech Pathology
MED084000 MEDICAL / Sports Medicine
MEDICAL / Supplies see Instruments & Supplies
MED085000 MEDICAL / Surgery / General
MED085090 MEDICAL / Surgery / Abdominal
MED085040 MEDICAL / Surgery / Cardiothoracic
MED085060 MEDICAL / Surgery / Colon & Rectal
MED085030 MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive
MED085100 MEDICAL / Surgery / Eye
MED085080 MEDICAL / Surgery / Laparoscopic & Robotic
MED085010 MEDICAL / Surgery / Neurosurgery
MED085110 MEDICAL / Surgery / Oncology
MED085020 MEDICAL / Surgery / Oral & Maxillofacial
MED085120 MEDICAL / Surgery / Orthopedic
MED085130 MEDICAL / Surgery / Otolaryngology
MED085140 MEDICAL / Surgery / Pediatric
MED085150 MEDICAL / Surgery / Reproductive & Urological
MED085070 MEDICAL / Surgery / Transplant
MED085050 MEDICAL / Surgery / Vascular
MED120000 MEDICAL / Telemedicine
MED042000 MEDICAL / Terminal Care
MED086000 MEDICAL / Test Preparation & Review
MEDICAL / Thoracic Medicine see Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine
MED096000 MEDICAL / Toxicology
MED087000 MEDICAL / Transportation
MED097000 MEDICAL / Tropical Medicine
MED088000 MEDICAL / Urology
MED089000 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / General
MED089040 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Dentistry
MED089010 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Equine
MED089020 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal
MED089030 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal
MED089050 MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Surgery
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