Health profession - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Health: Encyclopedia - Health
Defined negatively, health is the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia - Medicine
Medicine is the branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and inj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Practice Of Medicine
The practice of medicine combines both science and art. Science and technology are the evidence base for many clinical problems for the g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Drug Discovery
Drug discovery is the process by which drugs are discovered and/or designed. In the past most drugs have been discovered either by identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Products
Pharmaceutical company - Drug information. Drug information and data are provided by the FDA and are located at the Orange Book site. D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Medical Education
Main articles: Medical education and Medical school Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Revenues
Pharmaceutical company - Industry revenues. 2004 global dollar volume was $550 billion, a 7 percent increase over 2003—which in turn ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Sales And Marketing
Pharmaceutical company - The pharmaceutical industry is different. The pharmaceutical industry is different from most industries in tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - History Of Medicine
Medicine as it is practiced now is rooted in various traditions, but developed mainly in the late 18th and early 19th century in Germany ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Post-approval Surveillance
Some medications only show to have safety issues after they are marketed, as clinical trials are of a limited size, such as the 3,000 tes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Bibliography
Pharmaceutical company - Controversy. Ray Moynihan, Alan Cassels: Selling sickness: How the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Settings Where Medical Care Is Delivered
See also clinic, hospital, and hospice Medicine is a diverse field and the provision of medical care is therefore provided in a variety o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Branches Of Medicine
Working together as an interdisciplinary team, many highly trained health professionals besides medical practitioners are involved in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Medical Education
See also Medical doctor (BE), Physician (AE), and Medical school. Medical training involves several years of university study followed by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Criticism
Criticism of medicine has a long history. In the Middle Ages, it was not considered a profession suitable for Christians, as disease was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Medical Devices
See also the main articles: implant, artificial limbs, corrective lenses, cochlear implants, ocular prosthetics, facial prosthetics, soma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharmaceutical Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharmaceutical Company - Drug Development
Drug development is considered a costly and intensive process. Of all compounds investigated for use in humans only a small fraction is e...   » Read the article