Classification 2024 Winter Edition
Worldwide source of medical classification resourcesW
General Medicine. Health Professions
Schedule Contents
Note: Even though form numbers W 1–W 9 are displayed online with a space in between, do not input a space when recording these numbers in a bibliographic record.
Serials. Periodicals
(Serials and serial analytics only)
Congresses
(Serials and serial analytics only)
As of July 1, 1988, NLM no longer assigns W3 to newly acquired publications, with the exception of analytics to ongoing serial publications already classified in W3.
Directories of congresses
(Monographs and Serials)
As of July 1, 1988, NLM no longer assigns W 3.5 or ZW 3 to newly acquired publications.
Dissertations on clinical research by university
(Monographs and Serials)
Classify other topics and reproductions by subject. NLM does not use W4 for current materials.
Collections by several authors
Collected pamphlet volumes. Miscellaneous reprint volumes
Collected works by individual authors
Addresses. Essays. Lectures
[This number not used]
History of a specific topic is classed with the topic. Classify the history of medical practice or services in general in WZ. Classify the history of forensic sciences in W 611.
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)
Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)
Classify works on classification of disease and on disease eponyms in WB 15.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Atlases. Pictorial works
Education
Classify here works about education and the history of medical education. For education in the history of medicine, see WZ 18.
Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)
Schools and colleges (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
School catalogs, announcements, etc.
(Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Graduate and continuing medical education (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.)
Biomedical research (General)
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
Animal experimentation. Animal testing alternatives
Clinical trials
Ethics in research
Fetal research
Human experimentation. Research subjects
Translational biomedical research
Fraternities (Cutter from name of fraternity)
Allied health personnel. Allied health occupations
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.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)
Equipment and supplies
(Monographs and Serials)
Medical informatics
Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
Special topics, A-Z
Artificial intelligence
Electronic data processing
Computer simulation
Computer systems. Computer security
Digital technology
Information management
Information systems. Information storage and retrieval
Software
[This number not used]
Classify works on virtual reality in W 26.55.C6.
Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)
Advertising
Medical philosophy and logic
Health professionals' interpersonal relations. Attitude (General)
Classify here works on relations with patients and other professionals. Classify works on the interpersonal relations of allied health personnel in W 21.5. Classify works on interpersonal relations within a particular specialty in the appropriate number in that schedule.
Referral and consultation (General)
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.General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Health information
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Income of physicians
Practice management (including business administration)
Classify here medical secretaries' handbooks.Medical tourism
Biomedical technology (General)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Health services. Delivery of health care (General) (Table-G)
Classify works on public health administration in appropriate WA number.
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Research (General)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Comprehensive health care. Community medicine. Culturally competent care
Cf. WA 546 Community health service.
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Patient care planning. Progressive health care (General)
Classify works on care of hospital patients in WX 162.
Patients. Attitude and compliance
Classify works on attitude toward particular subject with the subject, e.g., toward hospitals, WX 158.5.
Patient satisfaction
Patient rights. Advocacy
Professional practice
Cf. W 21 Medicine as a profession. Include here general works about types of practice in medicine and allied fields. Classify works on specific medical specialties or allied fields by subject, e.g., on surgery in WO 21; on nursing in WY 101-145, etc.
General or family practice (As a specialty). Private practice
Classify works for general practitioner or family doctor in WB 110.
Specialization (General)
Classify works on a particular specialty with the specialty.Group practice. Partnership practice
[This number not used]
Institutional practice
Classify works on Medicare and medical care plans for the aged in WT 31.
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Hospitalization insurance. Major medical insurance. Long-term care insurance. Medigap insurance (Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Compulsory pre-payment plans (not a function of the state) (General or not elsewhere classified) (Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Medicine as function of the state (Table-G)
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)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Nursing insurance
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Medical social work
Include works on social service in hospitals here. Cf. WM 30.5 Psychiatric social work.
Missions. Missionaries
Classify biographical or autobiographical works of medical missionary doctors and nurses in WZ 100.
Medical jurisprudence
Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in W 622. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see W 623-624.
Collected works by several authors
Collected works by individual authors
Addresses. Essays. Lectures
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)
Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Atlases. Pictorial works
Classify here atlases and pictorial works on any phase of forensic medicine, etc.Education
Classify here works about education.Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.
Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)
Laboratory manuals. Technique
Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)
Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.Collective museums, exhibitions, etc., on forensic subjects
Individual museums, exhibitions, etc., on forensic subjects (Cutter from name of institution, exhibit, etc.) (Table-G)
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)
General works
Classify here general 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
Expert testimony
Other forensic sciences
Include here works on specialties not elsewhere classified, e.g., forensic chemistry, forensic toxicology, forensic genetics. Classify works on forensic nursing in WY 170.
General works
[This number not used]
Classify general works on forensic examination of the living of the living in W 775.
Malingering
Biometric identification. Genetic identification
Legal establishment of the beginning of life
Consanguinity. Paternity
Forensic anthropology. Examination of dead bodies. Duties of coroners
Signs of death. Time of death. Sudden death
Classify works on registration and certification of the dead in WA 54.
[This number not used]
Classify works on forensic aspects of destruction of body remains in W 800-867.
Determination of cause of death. Forensic autopsy
Trauma
Criminal violence. Homicide
Suicide
Forensic aspects of insurance
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