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Outline of health sciences

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health sciences:

Contents

Health sciences – are applied sciences that address the use of science, technology, engineering or mathematics in the delivery of healthcare.

Conventional Western Disciplines

  • 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
  • Virology

    • Alternative medicine and Pseudoscientific disciplines

  • 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

  • Christian Science
  • Faith healing
  • Johrei
  • Maharishi Vedic Medicine
  • Shamanism

    • 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

  • History of biology
  • History of medicine
  • History of nutrition
  • History of optometry

    • General health sciences concepts

  • Disease
  • Healing
  • Health
  • Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Cell biology
  • Molecular biology
  • Genetics
  • Doctor
  • Dentist
  • Physician
  • Surgeon
  • Veterinarian
  • Hospital
  • Nurse
  • Medication
  • Operation

    • Diagnostic methods

  • Physical examination
  • Auscultation
  • Percussion
  • Medical history
  • Medical imaging
  • X-ray
  • CT scan
  • PET scan
  • MRI
  • SPECT (Single-photon emission computed tomography)
  • Ultrasound
  • Microscopy
  • Phlebotomy
  • Rating scales

    • References

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