Structured Summary
Abstract
The use of one's knowledge in a particular profession. It includes, in the case of the field of biomedicine, professional activities related to health care and the actual performance of the duties related to the provision of health care.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Group Practice
- Hospital-Physician Relations
- House Calls
- Institutional Practice
- Management Service Organizations
- Nursing
- Nursing Faculty Practice
- Office Visits
- Partnership Practice
- Practice Management
- Private Practice
- Professional Autonomy
- Professional Corporations
- Professional Practice Location
- Professional Staff Committees
- Referral and Consultation
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Practice, Professional
- Practices, Professional
- Professional Practices
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Aspects Covered
9 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
/econ permitted but consider many specific economics terms available; do not confuse with PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS: see note there
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History Note
68
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Previous Indexing
- Office Management (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Professional Practice. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011364. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011364
- Professional Practice. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67150677