The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to healthcare science:
Healthcare science – applied science dealing with the application of science, technology, engineering or mathematics to the delivery of healthcare.[1]
Branches of healthcare science
Conventional Western disciplines
- Athletic training
- Dentistry
- Dietetics
- Epidemiology
- Exercise physiology
- Genetic counselling
- Medical And Psychiatric social work
- Medical physics
- Medicine
- Midwifery-Obstetrics
- Medical technology
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Occupational therapy
- Optometry
- Pharmacology
- Physical therapy (physiotherapy)
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychotherapy, including Cognitive therapy
- Public health
- Physical education
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Surgery, including anaesthesiology
- Veterinary medicine
Alternative medicine
- Biomedical model
- Biopsychosocial model
- Body treatment
- Complementary medicine
- Energy medicine
- Energy (spirituality)
- Healer
- Health applications and clinical studies of meditation
- Holistic health
- Home remedy
- Homeopathy
- Manipulative therapy
- Manual therapy
- Medical model
- Mind-body intervention
- Nocebo
- NCCAM
- Placebo
- Program for Evaluating Complementary Medicine
- Rejuvenation (aging)
- Self-healing
- Traditional medicine
- Wellness (alternative medicine)
- World medical systems
Spiritually based healing
Traditional and folk medicine
- Ayurveda
- Folk medicine
- Medical herbalism
- Native American traditional healing
- Shamanism
- Traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture
- Traditional Korean medicine
History of healthcare science
General healthcare science concepts
- Health –
- Disease –
- Dentist –
- Physician –
- Surgeon –
- Surgery –
- Healing –
- healer –
- Veterinarian –
- Hospital –
- Nurse –
- Medication –
- Operation –
- Public Health –
Diagnostic methods
- physical examination –
- medical history –
- auscultation –
- stethoscope –
- percussion –
- medical imaging –
- X-ray –
- medical ultrasonography –
- blood work –
See also
References
- ^ "The Future of the Healthcare Science Workforce. Modernising Scientific Careers: The Next Steps.". 26 Nov 2008. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
External links
- This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com
- Links to Health Professions Websites
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- The US National Library of Medicine
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