Document (#19517)

Author

Pfannenstiel, B.R.

Title

"Famous persons" in MEDLINE : examination of a medical subject heading

Source

Medical reference services quarterly. 17(1998) no.1, S.11-23

Year

1998

Abstract

Considers what sort of articles are indexed using the 'famous persons' MeSH and the unique perspective they give to the medical literature indexed in the MEDLINE database. Reports results of a study of 3.745 MEDLINE citations indexed with the term 'famous persons' from 1966 through 1994, noting discussions of possible diagnoses of creative artists, royalty, political leaders, and even fictional characters and assassinations. Notes that publication dates of articles concerning a particular famous person are often clustered around an anniversary of the person's birth or death. A few famous persons account for a disproportionate number of citations

Object

Medline

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