concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: hematology

health sciences
type: Concept
narrower: hematology

hematology
type: Concept
broader: internal medicine
broader: health sciences
definition: Hematology is a branch of physiology and biology that is concerned with the study of human blood, the human organs concerned with blood, and also diseases of the blood. It also involves a study of the etiology, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of blood diseases, with work carried out by medical professionals known as hematologists. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Hematology]

internal medicine
type: Concept
narrower: hematology