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Health Professions
(Classify here general and miscellaneous material relating to the health professions. )

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Reference Works. General Works W 1-28
- Serials. Periodicals W 1
- Serial documents (Table G) W 2
  (Classify here government administrative reports and statistics, including administrative reports and statistics on several hospitals under governmental administration. )
  
  (Hospital administrative reports and statistics See: WX 2; )
- Congresses W 3
  (Classify here monographic and serial publication of recurring congresses on medicine and related subjects. Note that as of July 1, 1988, NLM no longer assigns W3 to newly acquired publications, with the exception of analytics to ongoing serial publication already classified in W3.)
- Directories of congresses W 3.5
  (Classify bibliographies of congress publications in ZW 3. Note that as of July 1, 1988, NLM no longer assigns W3.5 or ZW 3 to newly acquired publications.)
- Dissertations, by university W 4
  (Classify reproductions by subject)
- American dissertations, by author W 4A
  (Classify reproductions by subject; classify dissertations which qualify as Americana in WZ 270.)
- Collected works (General) W 5-6
  - By several authors W 5
  - Pamphlet volumes. Miscellaneous reprint volumes W 6
  - By individual authors W 7
- Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General) W 9
  (Classify works on specific topics by subject.)
- Travels (including expeditions and voyages) W 10
- [This number not used] W 11
  (Use WZ if appropriate number is available. When there is no appropriate WZ number, the history of a topic is classed with current practice.)
- Dictionaries. Encyclopedias W 13
  (Classify material on medical shorthand here if it is the primary subject of book.)
- Terminology W 15
  (Works on classification of disease and on disease eponyms See: WB 15.; )
- Tables. Statistics W 16
- Atlases. Pictorial works W 17
- Education W 18
  (Classify here works about education.)
- Educational materials W 18.2
  (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.)
- Schools and colleges W 19
- School catalogs, announcements, etc.) (Table G) W 19.5
  (Classify here works of all schools including schools of dentisry and nursing.)
- Graduate and continuing medical education (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.) W 20
- Medical research (General) W 20.5
  (Classify here material on the various aspects and accomplishments of medical research. Classify works on research limited to a particular subject with the subject.)
  - Special topics, A-Z W 20.55
  - Animal experimentation. Animal testing alternatives W 20.55.A5
  - Ethics in research W 20.55.E7
  - Fetal Research W 20.55.F4
  - Human experimentation W 20.55.H9
  - Translational research W 20.55.T7
- Fraternities (Cutter from name of fraternity) W 20.9
- Medicine as a profession. Peer review W 21
  (Classify here works about medical careers. Classify those about other specific careers with the specialty, e.g., those about nursing in WY 16. Classify works on the specialities in general in W 87.)
- Allied health personnel. Allied health professions W 21.5
  (Classify here works about supply and distribution as well as those about careers. Classify works on specific personnel in more specific number when available, e.g., those on nurses aides in WY 193. Classify works on health manpower including physicians in W 76.)
- Directories (Table G) W 22
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 22.1
- Laboratories, institutes, etc. W 23-24
  - Collective W 23
  - Individual (Cutter from name of institution) W 24
- Equipment and supplies W 26
  (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.)
- Medical informatics. Health informatics W 26.5
  (Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.)
  - Special topics, A-Z W 26.55
  - Artificial intelligence. Expert systems W 26.55.A7
  - Automatic data processing W 26.55.A9
  - Computers W 26.55.C7
  - Decision making, Computer-assisted W 26.55.D2
    (Works on computer-assisted diagnosis (general) See: WB 141; on computer-assisted therapy (general) See: WB 300.; )
  - Information systems. Information storage and retrieval W 26.55.I4
  - Software W 26.55.S6
- Museums, exhibits, etc. W 27-28
  - Collective W 27
  - Individual (Cutter from name of institution or exhibit) W 28
Law. Ethics. Professional-Patient Relations W 32-64
- Laws (General) (Table G) W 32
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 32.1
  - Discussion of law. Medical jurisprudence (General) (Table G) W 32.5
    (Include here works on legal advice, court decisions and opinions, legal rights and obligations. )
    
    (Forensic medicine etc. See: W 700; )
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 32.6
  - Laws governing medical practice (Table G) W 33
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 33.1
  - Licensure (Table G) W 40
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 40.1
  - Malpractice (Table G) W 44
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 44.1
- Handbooks. Resource guides W 49
- Medical ethics W 50
  (Clinical ethics See: WB 60.; )
- Advertising W 58
- Medical philosophy and logic W 61
- Physicians' social relations. Attitude W 62
  (Classify here works on relations with patients, the public, clubs, societies, etc.)
- Referral and consultation (General) W 64
  (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.)
Medical Economics W 74-80
- Medical economics. Health care costs (General) (Table G) W 74
  (Cf. W 58 for economic aspects of medical ethics.)
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 74.1
  - Health manpower and services, distribution and characteristics W 76
    (Works limited to allied health manpower See: W 21.5.; )
  - Income of physicians W 79
  - Practice management (including business administration) W 80
    (Classify here medical secretaries' handbooks.)
Biomedical Technology W 82-83.1
- Biomedical technology (General) W 82
- Telemedicine (General) (Table G) W 83
  (Telemedicine relating only to private practice See: WB 50; )
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 83.1
Health Services. Patients and Patient Advocacy W 84-85.5
- Health services. Quality of health care (General) (Table G) W 84
  (Classify works on public health administration in appropriate WA number. )
  
  (Quality of health care relating only to private practice See: WB 50; )
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 84.1
  - Research (General) W 84.3
  - Quality of health care (General) W 84.4
    - General coverage W 84.41
  - Comprehensive health care. Community medicine W 84.5
    (Community health service See: WA 546; )
  - Primary health care W 84.6
    - General coverage W 84.61
  - Patient care planning. Progressive health care (General) W 84.7
    (Works on care of hospital patients See: WX 162.; )
  - Patient care team W 84.8
    (Works on hospital teams See: WX 162.5.; )
- Patients. Attitude and compliance. Satisfaction W 85
  (Classify works on attitude toward particular subject with the subject.)
  - Patient satisfaction W 85.2
  - Patient rights. Advocacy W 85.4
  - Right to die. Advance directives. Living wills W 85.5
    (Hospice care. Terminal care See: WB 310; )
Professional Practice W 87-96
- Professional practice W 87
  (Include here general works about types of practice in medicine and allied fields. Classify works on specific medical specialties or allied fields by subject. )
  
  (Surgery See: WO 21; Nursing See: WY 101-145; Medicine as a profession See: W 21; )
  - Administrative work. Teaching. Research W 88
    (Classify here works about planning for administrative, teaching, or research careers. )
    
    (Works on practice management See: W 80,; on education and how to teach See: W 18,; on research itself See: W 20.5,; )
  - Family practice (As a specialty) Private practice W 89
    (Texts and treatises for general practitioner or family doctor See: WB 110.; )
  - Specialism (General) W 90
    (Classify works on a particular specialty with the specialty.)
  - Group practice. Partnership practice W 92
  - Institutional practice W 96
Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Service Plans W 100-275
(Works on Medicare and medical care plans for the aged See: WT 31; )
- General works W 100
  (General service plans by country See: W 275; )
- Voluntary pre-payment plans (General or not elsewhere classified) (Table G) W 125
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 125.1
  - Managed care plans (General or not elsewhere classified) (Table G) W 130
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 130.1
    - Health maintenance organizations (Table G) W 132
      - General coverage (Not Table G) W 132.1
- Hospitalization insurance. Major medical insurance. Long-term care insurance. Medigap insurance (Table G) W 160
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 160.1
- Compulsory pre-payment plans (not a function of the state) (General or not elsewhere classified) (Table G) W 185
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 185.1
- Medicine as function of the state (Table G) W 225
  (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.)
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 225.1
- Medical care for low-income, uninsured and indigent groups. Medicaid (Table G) W 250
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 250.1
- Nursing insurance W 255
- Dental insurance. State dentistry (Table G) W 260
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 260.1
- Pharmaceutical insurance (Table G) W 265
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 265.1
- Psychiatric insurance (Table G) W 270
  - General coverage (Not Table G) W 270.1
- Medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or psychiatric service plans, by country (Table G) W 275
  (Classify here works covering both compulsory and voluntary plans. )
  
  (General works See: W 100; )
Social Welfare Through Medicine W 322-323
- Medical social work W 322
  (Include works on social service in hospitals here. )
  
  (Psychiatric social work See: WM 30.5; )
- Medical missions W 323
  (Biographical or autobiographical works of medical missionary doctors and nurses See: WZ 100; )
Forensic Medicine and Dentistry W 601-925
- Reference and General Works W 601-750
  - Societies (Cutter from name of society) W 601
    (Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.)
  - Collected works (General) W 605-607
    - By several authors W 605
    - By individual authors W 607
  - Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General) W 609
  - History (Table G) W 611
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 611.1
  - Dictionaries. Encyclopedias W 613
  - Classification. Terminology W 615
  - Tables. Statistics W 616
  - Atlases. Pictorial works W 617
    (Classify here atlases and pictorial works on any phase of forensic medicine, etc.)
  - Education W 618
    (Classify here works about education.)
  - Educational materials W 618.2
    (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.)
  - Directories (Table G) W 622
    - General coverage (Not Table G) W 622.1
  - Laboratories, institutes, etc. W 623-624
    - Collective W 623
    - Individual (Cutter from name of institution) W 624
  - Laboratory manuals. Technique W 625
  - Equipment and supplies W 626
    (Catalogs See: W 26.; )
  - Medical informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General) W 626.5
    (Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.)
  - Museums, exhibits, etc., on medicolegal subjects W 627-628
    - Collective W 627
    - Individual (Cutter from name of institution, exhibit, etc.) W 628
  - [This number not used] W 632
    (Works on medical jurisprudence only See: W 32.5-32.6; eller See: W 700; )
  - Handbooks. Resource guides W 639
  - General works W 700
    (Classify here 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.)
  - Forensic dentistry W 705
  - Expert testimony W 725
  - Forensic psychiatry W 740
    (Works on commitment See: WM 32-33.; )
  - Examination of evidential material. Forensic chemistry W 750
- Forensic examination W 775-867
  - Forensic examination W 775
    - Examination of the living W 780
      - Malingering W 783
      - Identification W 786
      - Legal establishment of the beginning of life W 789
      - Consanguinity. Paternity. Pregnancy W 791
      - Rape. Sexual offenses W 795
    - Examination of dead bodies. Duties of coroners W 800
      - Signs of death. Time of death. Sudden death W 820
      - Destruction and attempted destruction of the human body W 822
      - Determination of cause of death. Forensic autopsy W 825
        
        Trauma W 843
        Criminal violence. Homicide W 860
        Suicide W 864
        Criminal abortion. Infanticide W 867
        (Spontaneous abortion See: WQ 225; Medical aspects of therapeutic or induced abortion See: WQ 440; Social aspects of induced abortion See: LC HQ767; )
- Disability Evaluation. Compensation W 900-925
  - Forensic aspects of insurance W 900
    (Classify works on liability insurance in form number 44 with malpractice when available in NLM schedules or in HG 9990 if general material.)
  - Forensic aspects of compensation to victims of criminal violence W 910
  - Forensic aspects of occupational disease and injury W 925
    (Estimation of disability in otolaryngology See: WV 32; Estimation of disability in ophthalmology See: WW 32; )

NLM Classification 2007 created by U.S. National Library of Medicine with modifications
UDK used instead of Table G