| Accounting |
Endocarditis, Bacterial |
"Patient Credit and
Collection" |
| Advertising |
/Ethics (subheading used
2003+) |
Patient Education |
| Antibiotics |
Ethics Consultation (exp) |
Philosophy,
Dental |
| Attitude to Health |
Esthetics, Dental |
Practice
Guidelines |
| Capitation Fee |
Ethics,
Dental |
Practice
Management, Dental |
| Child Abuse (exp) |
"Fees and Charges"
(exp) |
Premedication |
| Child
Advocacy |
Financing,
Personal |
Probability |
| Child
Behavior |
Fraud |
Professional Autonomy |
| Community Dentistry |
Informed Consent (exp) |
Professional
Competence (exp) |
| Confidentiality |
Insurance
Claims Reporting |
Professional
Impairment (exp) |
| Conflict of Interest |
| Continuity
of Patient Care |
Insurance,
Dental |
Professional Practices/
standards (exp) |
| Contracts |
Insurance,
Liability |
"Referral
and Consultation" (exp) |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis |
Interprofessional
Relations (exp) |
Refusal
to Treat |
| Decision
Making |
Health
Services Accessibility |
Reimbursement Mechanisms |
| Dental
Anxiety |
HIV Infections (exp) |
Retreatment
|
| Dental Care/ economics
(exp) |
Jurisprudence
(exp) |
Risk |
| Dental Care/ psychology
(exp) |
Legislation,
Dental |
Scientific
Misconduct |
| Dental
Care/ standards (exp) |
Liability Legal |
Socioeconomic
Factors (exp) |
| Dental Care for Children |
Licensure,
Dental |
Social
Justice |
| Dental
Care for Chronically Ill |
Malpractice
|
Social
Problems (exp) |
| Dental
Restoration Failure |
Mandatory Reporting |
Social Responsibility |
| Dentin Sensitivity |
Marketing
of Health Services |
Substance
Abuse (exp) |
| Dentist-Patient
Relations |
Medical
Indigency |
Third-Party Consent |
| Dentistry/ standards (exp) |
Medically
Uninsured |
Tooth Extraction |
| Dentists
(exp) |
Morals |
Treatment
Failure |
| Dentist's
Practice Patterns |
Motivation |
Treatment Outcome |
| Denture,
Partial, Fixed |
Parent-Child Relations |
Treatment Refusal |
| Diagnostic Errors |
Patient Acceptance of
Health Care |
Truth
Disclosure |
| "Dissent and Disputes" |
Patient
Advocacy (exp) |
Uncompensated Care |
| Domestic Violence |
Patient Care Planning |
Unnecessary Procedures |
| |
Patient Compliance |
|
About These MeSH Terms
Explosions
in the above table indicates a term that can be exploded.
- The National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings
[MeSH] can be "exploded" on MEDLINE to include more
specific terms.
- MeSH are organized into subject hierarchies called "trees."
- Trees can be examined by clicking on the underlined MeSH on
Ovid's Mapping Display or via the Tools icon on its Main Search
Page.
-
Dental Care, for instance, can be
exploded to include: Dental Care for Aged, Dental Care
for Children, Dental Care for Chronically Ill, and Dental
Care for Disabled.
- Ovid MEDLINE automatically explodes MeSH, which it indicates
by the abbreviation exp on its Search History.
Focus
- Ovid uses an asterisk to indicate MeSH that describe the focus
of an article.
- For instance, exp *Dentistry would yield
all articles focused on dentistry in general or any of its specific
terms.
Subheadings
in the above table indicates that a term combined with a subheading
can be exploded.
- MeSH may be modified by subheadings, whether they are exploded
or focused or not.
- Whenever one selects a single MeSH from Ovid's Mapping Display,
Ovid presents on its Subheading Display a list of possible subheadings.
- Ovid attaches subheadings to the chosen MeSH with a slash on
its Search History and in Complete References.
- For instance, exp *Dentistry/ legislation & jurisprudence would
yield articles focused on legal aspects of the many terms in
the Dentistry tree.
- MeSH/subheading combinations in Ovid's Complete Reference
are linked to lists of related articles, which Ovid will post
to its Search History on the Main Page.
in the above table indicates a term with an embedded AND.
- Entering such terms in quotation marks will prevent Ovid from
combining them as keywords.
Scope Notes
- give definitions for most MeSH and subheadings.
- are linked by Ovid's yellow, information bullets on various
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