Psychiatry and Psychology

Medical Sociology

The study of the social determinants and social effects of health and disease, and of the social structure of medical institutions or professions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of the social determinants and social effects of health and disease, and of the social structure of medical institutions or professions.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Sociology, Medical

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the specialty only

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History Note

80(78); was see under SOCIOLOGY 1978-79

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Previous Indexing

  • Sociology (1966-1977)

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Tree Numbers

  1. F04.096w.879w.757w.400w
  2. H02w.790w
  3. I01w.880w.859w

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NLM Classification

WA 31

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Sociology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012962. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012962
  2. Medical Sociology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_sociology
  3. Medical Sociology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1916660