"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 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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Evoking Dante Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Med. 2022 01; 135(1):126-127.
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Using fiction to engage audiences with infectious disease: the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on participation in the Bad Bugs Bookclub. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2021 06 24; 368(12).
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The cruel journey through the COVID-19 INFERNO. Pulmonology. 2021 Jul-Aug; 27(4):281-282.
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Pandemics and Mental Health Through the Lens of Literature. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2021 02 01; 209(2):147-149.
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Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year: a study of risk management. J R Soc Med. 2020 12; 113(12):504-505.
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COVID-19, comics, and the visual culture of contagion. Lancet. 2020 10 10; 396(10257):1061-1063.
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"By Time's Fell Hand": Shakespeare and Emotional Lockdown. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 10; 95(10):2073-2075.
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COVID-19 Pandemic: The Circus is Over, for the Moment. J Bioeth Inq. 2020 Dec; 17(4):591-593.
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Drama out of a crisis: the cultural sector responds to healthcare professionals impacted by COVID-19. Nat Immunol. 2020 08; 21(8):817-818.
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Rereading Arrowsmith in the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA. 2020 Jul 28; 324(4):319-320.