Outline of health sciences

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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.

Branches of health sciences

Conventional Western disciplines

• Addiction Medicine
• Allergic Disease
• Angiology
• Audiology
• Cardiology
• Dentistry
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
• Genetic Counselling
• Gastroenterology
• Gynecology
• Hematology
• Hepatology
• Immunology
• Infectious Disease, including Virology
• Kinesiology, including Exercise Physiology
• Medical Physics
• Medical Technology
• Medicine
• Midwifery
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Nursing
• Nutrition, including Dietetics
• Obstetrics
• Occupational Therapy
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Optometry
• Orthopedics
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacy
• Physical Therapy (Physiotherapy)
• Physiology
• Psychotherapy, including Cognitive Therapy
• Psychiatry
• Public Health, including Epidemiology
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Rheumatology
• Sleep Medicine
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Social Work
• Surgery, including Anaesthesiology
• Urology
• 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

• 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
  • Ultrasound
  • Microscopy
• Phlebotomy

See also

• Academic health science centre
• Biomedical sciences
• List of health sciences topics
• List of life sciences

• Health and fitness portal

External links

• Links to Health Professions Websites
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• The US National Library of Medicine