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Health Occupations

Medical Definition: Professions or other business activities directed to the cure and prevention of disease. For occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians but who are working in the fields of medical technology, physical therapy, etc., ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS is available.
Guide Notes: the occup themselves: do not confuse with OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (see note there); SPEC: SPEC qualif; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS is also available; for health aides try HEALTH MANPOWER or ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL or PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; DF: HEALTH OCCUP
Health Occupations Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Acupuncture - The occupational discipline of the traditional Chinese methods of ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY for treating disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Allied Health Occupations - Occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians, and are qualified by special training and, frequently, by licensure to work in supporting roles in the health care field. These occupations include, but are not limited to, medical technology, physical therapy, physician assistant, etc.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Biomedical Engineering - Application of principles and practices of engineering science to biomedical research and health care.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chiropractic - An occupational discipline founded by D.D. Palmer in the 1890's based on the relationship of the spine to health and disease. The spine is analyzed by X-rays and palpation, and vertebrae are adjusted manually to relieve pressures on the spinal cord. OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE was originally similar but has become more like FAMILY PRACTICE.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dietetics - The study and regulation of the diet.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Environmental Health - The science of controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing, and maintaining health.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Health Services Administration - The organization and administration of health services dedicated to the delivery of health care.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hospital Administration - Management of the internal organization of the hospital.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Medical Illustration - The field which deals with illustrative clarification of biomedical concepts, as in the use of diagrams and drawings. The illustration may be produced by hand, photography, computer, or other electronic or mechanical methods.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Medicine - The art and science of preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Mortuary Practice - Activities associated with the physical burial of the dead. It excludes cultural practices such as funeral rites.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing - The field of nursing care concerned with the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nursing, Practical - The practice of nursing by licensed, non-registered persons qualified to provide routine care to the sick.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nutrition - The science of food, the nutrients and other substances contained therein, their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Optometry - The professional practice of primary eye and vision care that includes the measurement of visual refractive power and the correction of visual defects with lenses or glasses.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pharmacy - The practice of compounding and dispensing medicinal preparations.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Podiatry - A specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders and injuries and anatomic defects of the foot.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Serology - The study of serum, especially of antigen-antibody reactions in vitro.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Specialism - The limitation of practice or study to a particular branch of medicine, dentistry, or other health profession. It is philosophically distinct from the generalist theory in which familiarity with a wide cross-section of the particular discipline is advocated.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Veterinary Medicine - The medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in animals.

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