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therapy
Subheadingtherapy
Record TypeQ
Entry VersionTHER
AbbreviationTH
Scope NoteUsed with diseases for therapeutic interventions except drug therapy, diet therapy, radiotherapy, and surgery, for which specific subheadings exist. The concept is also used for articles and books dealing with multiple therapies.
Annotationsubhead only; for general or unspecified therapy & multiple therapies; for tissue therapy & therapy with biological products; not for drug therapy ( =/drug therapy), nor for diet therapy ( = / diet therapy), nor for surgical therapy ( = / surgery), nor for radiotherapy ( = / radiotherapy), nor for rehabilitative therapy ( = / rehabilitation); indexing policy: Manual 19.8.72; DF: /ther or /TH
Online Notesearch policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/TH or TH (SH) or SUBS APPLY TH
History Note66; used with Category C & F 1966-74; C & F3 1975-87; C, F3 & SMOKING 1988; C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C & F3 1990 forward
Entry Termdisease management
Entry Termtreatment
Date of Entry19731227
Revision Date20030722
Date Established19660101
Unique IDQ000628

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