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Classification 2025 Winter Edition

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Geriatrics

Schedule Contents

Reference Works. General Works Aged. Aging Geriatric Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Disorders Geriatric Therapeutics Chronic Disease

  • Classify works on geriatric nursing in WY 152.

Reference Works. General Works
WT 1

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 WT 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WT 23-24.
WT 5

Collected works by several authors

WT 7

Collected works by individual authors

WT 9

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

WT 11

History (Table-G)

WT 11.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WT 13

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 15

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 16

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 16.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 17

Atlases. Pictorial works

Cf. QZ 17 for tissue pathology of disease.
WT 18

Education

Classify here works about education.
WT 18.2

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
WT 19

Schools, departments, and faculties of geriatrics (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.
WT 19.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 20

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
WT 21

Geriatrics as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WT 22

Directories (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 22.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 23

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

WT 24

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

WT 25

Laboratory manuals. Technique

WT 26

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.
WT 26.5

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
WT 27

Collective hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, old age homes, etc. (Table-G)

WT 27.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WT 28

Individual hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, old age homes, etc. (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)

WT 28.5

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

WT 28.6

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum, etc.) (Table-G)

WT 29

Senior centers, day care centers and programs (Table-G)

WT 29.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WT 30

Socioeconomic factors (Table-G)

WT 30.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WT 31

Health services

Classify works on nursing care only in WY 152.
WT 31.5

Medicare

Classify works on health insurance for the aged outside of the United States in W 100-275.
WT 32

Laws (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 32.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 33

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 33.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 39

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

WT 100

General works

Classify works on both the specialty and geriatric diseases here. Classify works on the specialty alone in WT 21. Classify works on specific diseases with the disease in other schedules; on nursing of specific diseases in WY 152; on anesthesia in WO 445; on surgery in WO 950.
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Aged. Aging
WT 101

Aged. Health status. Life style (General or not elsewhere classified)

WT 104

Aging

Classify works on aging tissue here. Classify works on the aging organ or system with the organ or system.
WT 115

Nutritional requirements. Nutrition disorders

WT 116

Longevity. Life expectancy. Death

WT 120

Popular works (General)

Include here autobiographical case histories. Classify popular works on a particular subject by subject.
WT 141

Physical examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Monitoring

Classify works on diagnosis of a specific disease with the disease. Classify general diagnostic imaging in WN 180. Classify specific imaging techniques with the technique.
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Geriatric Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Disorders
WT 145

Geriatric psychology. Mental health

Classify works on geriatric psychiatry in WT 150.
WT 150

Geriatric psychiatry. Mental disorders

Classify works on specific disorders with the disorder; on geriatric psychology in WT 145.
WT 152

Psychotherapy

WT 152.3

Behavior therapy

WT 152.6

Psychoanalytic therapy

WT 152.7

Socioenvironmental therapy

WT 153

Sensory art therapies

WT 155

Dementia. Alzheimer disease

Classify here works on dementia or Alzheimer disease in the aged. Classify general works on dementia in WM 220.
WT 156

Diagnosis

WT 157

Therapy

WT 158

Etiology

WT 159

Physiopathology

WT 160

Prevention and control

WT 161

Psychosocial aspects

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Geriatric Therapeutics
WT 166

Geriatric therapeutics (General or not elsewhere classified)

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Chronic Disease
WT 500

Chronic disease in the aged

Classify general works on chronic disease in QZ 185; in children, WS 210.