The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences.
Health sciences are applied sciences that address the use of science, technology, engineering or mathematics in the delivery of healthcare.[1][2]
Branches of health sciences
Conventional Western disciplines
- Exercise physiology
- Genetic counselling
- Medical And Psychiatric social work
- Medical physics
- Medicine
- Medical technology
- Midwifery
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Occupational therapy
- Optometry
- Pharmacology
- Physical therapy (physiotherapy)
- Psychotherapy, including Cognitive therapy
- Public health
- Physical education
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Surgery, including anaesthesiology
- Surgeon's assistant
- Veterinary medicine
Alternative medicine
- Biomedical model
- Biopsychosocial model
- Body treatment
- Chiropractic
- 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 health sciences
General health sciences concepts
- Health –
- Disease –
- Cell biology –
- Molecular biology –
- Biochemistry –
- Genetics –
- Dentist –
- Physician –
- Surgeon –
- Surgery –
- Surgeon's assistant –
- Healing –
- healer –
- Veterinarian –
- Hospital –
- Nurse –
- Medication –
- Operation –
- Public Health –
Diagnostic methods
- physical examination –
- medical history –
- auscultation –
- stethoscope –
- surgery –
- percussion –
- medical imaging –
- X-ray –
- medical ultrasonography –
- blood work –
See also
- Academic health science centre
- Biomedical sciences
- List of health sciences topics
- List of life sciences
References
- ^ Sam Houston State University. "What is Health Science?". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Learn.org. "What is Health Science?". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
External links
- Links to Health Professions Websites
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- The US National Library of Medicine
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