"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicine in Literature" by people in Profiles.
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Part six: The role of narrative in the everyday practice of medicine ethics and mistakes in the everyday practice of medicine. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2009 Sep; 102(9):301-4.
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Part four: The role of narrative in the everyday practice of medicine diagnosis. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2009 Jun-Jul; 102(6-7):247-9.
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Helping medical students understand postpartum psychosis through the prism of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Acad Psychiatry. 2004; 28(3):247-50.