Here are entered works on the process of gathering data on the health status of a patient through interview, observation, examination, etc., in nursing. Works on the problem-oriented description of a patient's actual or potential health problems that a nurse is licensed and competent to treat are entered under Nursing diagnosis.
Here are entered works on personnel qualified to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the responsibility and supervision of a physician. Works on personnel who perform administrative and clerical duties in a physician's office and may assist in routine clinical procedures are entered under Medical assistants.
Here are entered works on the classification of hospital patients into groups on the basis of principal diagnosis and other criteria for reimbursement purposes.
Here are entered works on testing the effectiveness or safety of drugs. Works on testing to identify the personal use or misuse of drugs are entered under Drug testing. Technical works on chemical analysis to determine the composition or presence of drugs are entered under Drugs--Analysis. --subdivision Testing under individual drugs and groups of drugs; and subdivision Therapeutic use--Testing under individual chemicals and groups of chemicals, e.g. Copper--Therapeutic use--Testing; Insulin--Therapeutic use--Testing
--subdivision Environmental aspects under individual diseases and types of diseases, e.g. Cancer--Environmental aspects; Heart--Diseases--Environmental aspects
