We had this discussion last fall (when we created the Area51 site MedicalSciences as an effort to cultivate a parallel professional-level community and drum up participation on Health) and these were the consensus definitions at that time. We can continue refining from there.We had this discussion last fall (when we created the Area51 site MedicalSciences as an effort to cultivate a parallel professional-level community and drum up participation on Health) and these were the consensus definitions at that time. We can continue refining from there.
Name
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Definition
[NAME] is a site directed primarily at professionals in medical and allied health fields, students of those professions, related academics, and others with a sound understanding of healthcare-related sciences.
Scope
If your question is about...
- clinical guidelines
- disease prevention and management
- human physiology and pathophysiology
- pharmacology
- diagnostic and prognostic methods
- public health
- research
... then this is the right place to ask.
OftenWe exclude some often asked off-topic questions includeas off-topic, like:
- medical advice
- diagnosis requests
- treatment recommendations
- second opinions
- fundamentals of biology or chemistry (see Biology.SE and Chemistry.SE)
Please see a healthcare provider for any individual health advice; such questions will be closed here.
Please look around to see if your question has been asked before. It’s also OK to ask and answer your own question.
If your question is not specifically on-topic for [NAME], it may be on topic for another Stack Exchange site. If no site currently exists that will accept your question, you may commit to or propose a new site at Area 51, the place where new Stack Exchange communities are democratically created.
