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A medical professional or medical provider is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative services in a systematic way to people, families or communities. A medical professional may operate within all branches of medical care, including doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists or allied health professions. A medical professional may also be a public/community health expertee working for the common good of the society. == Practitioners and professionals == Medical care practitioners include physicians, dentists, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, surgeons, surgeon's assistant, athletic trainers, surgical technologist, midwives, dietitians, therapists, psychologists, chiropractors, clinical officers, social workers, phlebotomists, occupational therapist, physical therapists, radiographer, respiratory therapists, audiologists, speech pathologists, optometrists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, medical laboratory scientists, medical prosthetic technicians and a wide variety of other human resources trained to provide some type of health care service. They often work in hospitals, health care centres, and other service delivery points, but also in academic training, research, and administration. Some provide care and treatment services for patients in private homes. Many countries have a large number of community health workers who work outside formal health care institutions. Managers of health care services, health information technicians, and other assistive personnel and support workers are also considered a vital part of health care teams.〔World Health Organization, 2006. ''World Health Report 2006: working together for health.'' Geneva: WHO.〕 Medical practitioners are commonly grouped into a number of professions: *Physicians (including generalist practitioners and specialists) *Nurses (including various professional titles) *Dentists (including dental team members) *Allied health professions *Medical Scientists Within each field of expertise, practitioners are often classified according to skill level and skill specialization. “Health professionals” are highly skilled workers, in professions that usually require extensive knowledge including university-level study leading to the award of a first degree or higher qualification.〔World Health Organization, 2010. ''Classifying health workers''. Geneva http://www.who.int/hrh/statistics/Health_workers_classification.pdf〕 This category includes physicians, physician assistants, dentists, midwives, registered nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, optometrists, and others. Allied health professionals, also referred to as "health associate professionals" in the International Standard Classification of Occupations, support implementation of health care, treatment and referral plans usually established by medical, nursing, and other health professionals, and usually require formal qualifications to practice their profession. In addition, unlicensed assistive personnel assist with providing health care services as permitted. Another way to categorize health care practitioners is according to the sub-field in which they practice, such as mental health care, pregnancy and childbirth care, surgical care, rehabilitation care, or public health. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health professional」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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