Outline of health sciences

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

Health sciences â€" are applied sciences that address the use of science, technology, engineering or mathematics in the delivery of healthcare to human beings.

Branches of health sciences

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

See also

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

• Health and fitness portal

References

External links

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

• Definitions from Wiktionary
• Media from Commons
• News from Wikinews
• Quotations from Wikiquote
• Texts from Wikisource
• Textbooks from Wikibooks
• Learning resources from Wikiversity