medical literature
Healthcare research papers
Medical literature is the body of published research, reports, and scholarly writing in medicine and health sciences.
It includes peer-reviewed journal articles, clinical studies, case reports, and systematic reviews.
Doctors and researchers consult the medical literature to stay current: The medical literature on this treatment is inconclusive.
A literature review surveys existing research on a topic.
- textbooksEducational reference volumes
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
- diagnostic criteriaStandards for identifying conditions
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- case reportDocumented individual medical account
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- health studiesbioethics, health policy, health equity, social determinants, health disparities
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- scientific publicationsresearch articles, journal articles, research papers, peer-reviewed studies, review articles
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Fraudulent medical practice
folk remedies · old wives' tales · pseudoscience · folk medicine · misinformation
medical literatureliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
sports journalism · art criticism · poetry · fashion magazines · entertainment news
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Widely read commercial literature
tabloid journalism · romance novels · comic books · celebrity gossip · poetry
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