| Medical Sciences | Heading | Scope Note | Selector | E-Journal Only |
| AIDS and HIV | The acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Includes also the following conditions : AIDS Arteritis, AIDS Dementia Complex, AIDS Serodiagnosis, HIV Seropositivity, HIV Seroprevalence, AIDS-Related Lymphoma. | Craig Haynes | ||
| Alternative Medicine | Treatments and healthcare practices not taught widely in medical schools, not generally used in hospitals, and not usually reimbursed by medical insurance companies. Therapies used alone are often referred to as "alternative" while therapies used in addition to conventional therapies are sometimes referred to as "complementary." | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Anesthesiology | E-journal only | |||
| Animal Welfare | Jennifer Reiswig | |||
| Bacteriology | E-journal only | |||
| Bioethics | E-journal only | |||
| Biomedical Engineering | Tools of traditional engineering applied to biomedical problems. Includes: bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering. | Mary Linn Bergstrom/Dominique Turnbow | ||
| Biotechnology | Biological science when applied especially in genetic engineering, and also in industrial processes such as industrial microbiology. Related terms include molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, chemical engineering. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Cancer | General term used to indicate any of the various types of malignant neoplasms (neo=new + plasm=formatio,Gr.) Cancer cells can be benign or malignant. Malignant cells, or neoplasms, are anaplastic and have the properties of invasion and metastasis | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Cardiology | E-journal only | |||
| Clinical Medicine | Jennifer Reiswig | |||
| Consumer Health | Health information for the non-health professional; encompassing the broad range of health subjects for the consumer from an osteopathic, allopathic, and alternative/complementary medical perspective | Craig Haynes | ||
| Dentistry | E-journal only | |||
| Dermatology | E-journal only | |||
| Education, Health Sciences | ||||
| Emergency Medicine and Trauma | A branch of medicine concerned with an individual's resuscitation, transportation, and care from the point of injury or beginning of illness through the hospital or other emergency treatment facility. | E-journal only | ||
| Endocrinology | E-journal only | |||
| Evidence-Based Health Care | The process of systematically finding, appraising, and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions. Evidence-based healthcare asks questions, finds and appraises the relevant data, and harnesses that information for everyday clinical practice. Evidence-based healthcare follows four steps: formulate a clear clinical question from a patient's problem; search the literature for relevant clinical articles; evaluate (critically appraise) the evidence for its validity and usefulness; implement useful findings in clinical practice. | Craig Haynes | ||
| Family Practice | E-journal only | |||
| Forensic Medicine | E-journal only | |||
| Gastroenterology | E-journal only | |||
| Genetics | Jennifer Reiswig | |||
| Geriatrics | E-journal only | |||
| Hematology | E-journal only | |||
| History of Medicine | History of medical specialties, earlier medical practices, and medical practices of other cultures, as well as histories of other health sciences such as nursing. Also look under discipline term--e.g., Nursing, Pharmacy, etc., --for histories of the discipline or practice. Look under Anthropology or the Ethnic Studies terms for traditional medicine of other cultures. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Hospitals and Health Administration | Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients and which provide medical or health-related services | Craig Haynes | ||
| Immunology | The immune system, antibodies, immunity. Use the more specific term for sites dealing with AIDS. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Infectious Diseases | E-journal only | |||
| Medical Informatics | Computers and computer applications in medicine. Related terms may be needed for bioinformatics resources relating to Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. | Jennifer Reiswig | ||
| Microbiology | Jennifer Reiswig | |||
| Nephrology | E-journal only | |||
| Neurology | E-journal only | |||
| Neurosciences | The branches of science that are concerned with the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical assessment, and pathology of the nervous system | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Nursing | The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health. | Craig Haynes | ||
| Nutrition | E-journal only | |||
| Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery | A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium and with the physiology and disorders primarily of the female genital tract, as well as female endocrinology and reproductive physiology. Midwifery is also included under this heading. | E-journal only | ||
| Occupational Medicine | Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings and restoration to the maximum degree possible of a person or persons suffering from disease or injury | Craig Haynes | ||
| Orthopedics | E-journal only | |||
| Ophthalmology | E-journal only | |||
| Otolaryngology | A surgical specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of the ear, nose, and throat. | Craig Haynes | E-journal only | |
| Pain | E-journal only | |||
| Pathology | The branch of medicine dealing with the nature and cause of disease as expressed by changes in cellular or tissue structure and function caused by the disease process. | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Pediatrics | The branch of medicine that is concerned with the study and treatment of children in health and disease from birth to adolescence. | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Pharmacology and Pharmacy | Sue McGinnis | |||
| Physiology | The branch of science that is concerned with the vital functions of the living organism and its parts, and the physical and chemical factors and processes involved. | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Preventive Medicine | E-journal only | |||
| Psychiatry | The branch of medicine that is concerned with the diagonosis and treatment of mental disorders. | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Psychology | The science that deals with the experimental and theoretical analysis of human and animal behavior. UCSD programs focus primarily on human information processing, sensation and perception, learning and motivation, as well as developmental psychology and social psychology. | Alice Perez | ||
| Public Health | Craig Haynes | |||
| Pulmonary Medicine | A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the respiratory system. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree. | Craig Haynes | E-journal only | |
| Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging | The branch of medicine that is concerned with medical imaging using ionizing radiation, radionuclides, nuclear magnetic resonance, and ultrasound. | Nancy Stimson | ||
| Rehabilitation Medicine | The medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in restoring to health physically diseased or injured patients. | Craig Haynes | E-journal only | |
| Rheumatology | E-journal only | |||
| Sports Medicine | E-journal only | |||
| Substance Abuse | E-journal only | |||
| Surgery | E-journal only | |||
| Toxicology | ?? | |||
| Traumatology | E-journal only | |||
| Tropical Medicine | E-journal only | |||
| Urology | E-journal only | |||
Rev 4/22/08