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  2. Health professional - Wikipedia

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    Health professional. A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) [1] is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a nurse, physician (such as family physician, internist, obstetrician, psychiatrist, radiologist ...

  3. What Is a Nurse Practitioner? - WebMD

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    A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor.

  4. Types of Mental Health Professionals

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    Mental health counselor: Mental health counselor is a broad term for a licensed professional who provides mental health counseling services, often focusing on specific issues or populations. A ...

  5. What Is Primary Care? Healthcare Services, Procedures, Doctors

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    Primary care providers are comprised of several different types of healthcare professionals.. Here are some of the options you may have in your area: Family physicians.Family doctors are trained ...

  6. What Is a Physician? What Do They Do and When to See One - WebMD

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    Physicians work to maintain, promote, and restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating injuries and diseases. Physicians generally have six core skills: Patient care. Physicians have to ...

  7. What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)? - Healthline

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    A primary care physician is a medical doctor who’s trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat a broad array of illnesses and injuries in the general population. They can also perform regularly ...

  8. What Is a Community Health Worker? - WebMD

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    Community health worker (CHW) is an umbrella term that includes a range of community health aides. They are typically citizens of the community they serve and support the health system as a ...

  9. List of healthcare occupations - Wikipedia

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    Mental Health Nurse Practitioner; Occupational Therapist; Social Worker; Mental Health Counselor; Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Medical Officer of Health; Environmental Health Officer; Epidemiologist; Public Health Nurse; Orthopedics, rheumatology, and movement. Orthopedic Physician; Orthopaedic Physician´s Assistant; Sport Psychologist