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Medical Specialties

This category is the top-level index for the atlas's Medical Specialty entities: the distinct branches of medical practice this atlas documents, such as cardiology, pediatrics or oncology, each covering its own scope of practice and the conditions it typically treats. Each entry covers the specialty itself rather than a specific healer, condition or institution, which are filed under their own respective types elsewhere in the atlas.

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Uses International Classification
No single international system; classified along several axes (surgical or internal medicine, patient age range, diagnostic or therapeutic, organ-based or technique-based) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties can be classified along several axes.
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