Health Care

Societies

Organizations composed of members with common interests and whose professions may be similar.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Organizations composed of members with common interests and whose professions may be similar.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Organizations, Professional
  • Professional Organizations
  • Organization, Professional
  • Professional Organization

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specific types of societies; do not confuse with ORGANIZATIONS; specify geographic location if pertinent

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Tree Number

  1. N03w.540w.828w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Societies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012952. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012952
  2. Societies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_association
  3. Societies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q829080