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Definition of Health professional
1. Noun. A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability.
Group relationships: Health Profession
Specialized synonyms: Bonesetter, Electrologist, Medical Assistant, Medical Man, Medical Practitioner, Nurse, Apothecary, Chemist, Druggist, Pharmacist, Pill Pusher, Pill Roller
Generic synonyms: Professional, Professional Person
Lexicographical Neighbors of Health Professional
Literary usage of Health professional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Resources: The Role of the edited by Catharyn T. Liverman, Carrie E. Ingalls, Carolyn E. Fulco, Howard M. Kipen (1998)
"... three components: (1) information that is needed for decision making and that
is already known by the health professional (currently satisfied needs); ..."
2. Texas Medicaid in Perspective by Anne Dunkelberg (1995)
"... migrant workers, specific ethnic groups) where there is a shortage of primary
care physicians as health professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). ..."
3. Contracting for Managed Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: A Guide by Stephen Moss (2000)
"Confidentiality: Consumers shall be guaranteed the confidentiality of their
relationship with their behavioral health professional except when the law ..."
4. Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership by Proctor P. Reid, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2005)
"In the first paper, William Stead discusses the challenges that confront the
health professional in acquiring the knowledge relevant to providing ..."
5. The Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Prevention and Treatment of by Marilyn S. Peterson (1995)
"THE MENTAL health professional AND CHILD ABUSE Mental health professionals promote
healthy human development and functioning through clinical work and/or ..."
6. Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families by Peter Finn, Julie E. Tomz (1998)
"According to two experts in police psychology, "Law enforcement agencies do not
hire mental health professional to act like imitation police officers but to ..."
7. Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council (2005)
"Students enrolled in health professional training programs who wish to postpone
their ... Short-Term Research Training for health professional Students. ..."