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[edit]
Conventional Western disciplines[edit]
- Addiction Medicine
- Allergic Disease
- Anatomy
- Anesthesiology
- Angiology
- Audiology
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular surgery
- Clinical laboratory sciences
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Emergency medicine
- Endocrinology
- Family medicine
- Forensic medicine
- Genetic Counselling
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Gynecology
- Hematology
- Hepatology
- Histology
- Immunology
- Infectious Disease, including Virology
- Intensive care medicine
- Kinesiology, including Exercise Physiology
- Medical genetics
- Medical Physics
- Medical Technology
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Nephrology
- Neuroscience
- Neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Neurosurgery
- Nursing
- Nutrition, including Dietetics
- Obstetrics
- Occupational Therapy
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Orthopedics
- Orthopedic surgery
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Palliative care
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric surgery
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation Or Physiatry
- Physical Therapy (Physiotherapy)
- Physiology
- Plastic surgery
- Podiatry
- Population health & Public Health, including Epidemiology
- Proctology
- Psychotherapy, including Cognitive Therapy
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiation therapy
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Social Work
- Stomatology
- Surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Thoracic surgery
- Translational medicine
- Transplant surgery
- Urology
- Vascular surgery
- Veterinary Medicine
Alternative medicine and Pseudoscientific disciplines[edit]
- 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[edit]
Traditional and folk medicine[edit]
- Ayurveda
- Folk medicine
- Medical herbalism
- Native American traditional healing
- Shamanism
- Traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture
- Traditional Korean medicine
History of health sciences[edit]
General health sciences concepts[edit]
Diagnostic methods[edit]
See also[edit]
- Academic health science centre
- Biomedical sciences
- List of health sciences topics
- List of life sciences
References[edit]
- ^ Sam Houston State University. "What is Health Science?". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Learn.org. "What is Health Science?". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
External links[edit]
- Links to Health Professions Websites
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- The US National Library of Medicine
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