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'''Health science''' is a medical discipline of applied [[science]] which deals with human or animal [[health]]. There are two parts to health science |
'''Health science''' is a medical discipline of applied [[science]] which deals with human or animal [[health]]. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure [[infectious disease]]s, and to understand how humans and animals function. Health science research builds on the pure sciences of [[biology]], [[chemistry]], and [[physics]] and also social sciences (for example medical sociology). |
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There are a wide range of traditional areas of health science. The most common |
There are a wide range of traditional areas of health science. The most common areas are: [[medicine]], [[nursing]], [[midwifery]], and various forms of [[therapy]] to supplement the healing process and restore proper activity (e.g. [[recreational therapy|recreational]], [[physical therapy|physical]] [[occupational therapy|occupational]], [[speech therapy|speech]], and [[Respiratory therapy|respiratory]]). Health science includes both the study and application of preventing and curing human diseases and disorders. Medical [[doctor]]s include [[physician]]s and [[surgery|surgeons]]. There are many different branches of medicine; the other health care professions also have specialties or focus on specific populations or settings of care. Other less common medical areas include [[first aid]] and [[triage]]. |
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Dental health has grown in importance in recent decades making [[dentistry]] a major field of health sciences. |
Dental health has grown in importance in recent decades making [[dentistry]] a major field of health sciences. [[Counselling]], [[hospice care]], [[home care]], [[nutrition]], [[medical social work]], [[alternative medicine]], [[pharmacology]], and [[toxicology]] are all considered part of health science. [[Veterinary science]] is the health science dedicated exclusively to the care of animals. |
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to supplement the healing process and restore proper activity (e.g. [[recreational therapy|recreational]], [[physical therapy|physical]] [[occupational therapy|occupational]], [[speech therapy|speech]], and [[Respiratory therapy|respiratory]]). [[Counselling]], [[hospice care]], [[home care]], [[nutrition]], [[medical social work]], [[alternative medicine]], [[pharmacology]], and [[toxicology]] are all considered part of health science. [[Veterinary science]] is the health science dedicated exclusively to the care of animals. |
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Because health science deals with human life, issues of [[medical ethics]], an |
Because health science deals with human life, issues of [[medical ethics]], an |
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Revision as of 02:16, 21 May 2003
Health science is a medical discipline of applied science which deals with human or animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure infectious diseases, and to understand how humans and animals function. Health science research builds on the pure sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics and also social sciences (for example medical sociology).
There are a wide range of traditional areas of health science. The most common areas are: medicine, nursing, midwifery, and various forms of therapy to supplement the healing process and restore proper activity (e.g. recreational, physical occupational, speech, and respiratory). Health science includes both the study and application of preventing and curing human diseases and disorders. Medical doctors include physicians and surgeons. There are many different branches of medicine; the other health care professions also have specialties or focus on specific populations or settings of care. Other less common medical areas include first aid and triage.
Dental health has grown in importance in recent decades making dentistry a major field of health sciences. Counselling, hospice care, home care, nutrition, medical social work, alternative medicine, pharmacology, and toxicology are all considered part of health science. Veterinary science is the health science dedicated exclusively to the care of animals.
Because health science deals with human life, issues of medical ethics, an important area of ethics, arise frequently. Medical ethics includes questions on topics such as a patient's right to privacy. Euthanasia, abortion, human cloning and genetic engineering are especially controversial issues directly related to health science.
Health science fields are as old as the human race. Humans have always been in need of solutions to various health related issues, such as childbirth. With modern technology and the backing of the pure sciences, the scientific accuracy of these fields has greatly improved. Nevertheless, many cultures have and continue to use various herbs and other culturally specific solutions to help solve health problems. These solutions may or may not be backed by any scientific support.
There are a large number of health professions. The terms medicine and medical doctor or M.D. refer to allopathic medicine.
- Allopathic medicine
- Alexander Technique
- Chiropractic medicine
- Dentistry
- Genetic counseling
- Homeopathy
- Medical illustration
- Naturopathic medicine
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Occupational therapy
- Osteopathic medicine
- Pharmacology
- Physical therapy
- Physician assistant
- Podiatry
- Psychoanalysis
- Public health
- Physical Educators
- Social work
- Veterinary medicine
Spiritually based healing:
Traditional and ethnic traditions:
Certain "Health Professions" are of historical interest: