Disciplines and Occupations

Community Medicine

A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A branch of medicine concerned with the total health of the individual within the home environment and in the community, and with the application of comprehensive care to the prevention and treatment of illness in the entire community.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Medicine, Community

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

77(75); was see under COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE 1970-76

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. H02w.403w.220

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NLM Classification

W 84.5

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Community Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003154. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003154
  2. Community Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68555832