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Medicine and Health

Overview of Medicine and Health

Medicine

The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.

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Public Health

The branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

U.S. National Library of Medicine, from MeSH

Medicine and health are interdisciplinary. See especially: Biology, Ecology and Life Sciences, Global HealthChemistry and Biochemistry, PsychologyStatistics and Probability, History and Philosophy of ScienceLeisure Reading—Science and Technology

Related topics include: Your Scholarly Identity (ORCID)Research Data ServicesScholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing at Notre Dame.

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Careers

Careers in medicine and health are discussed in depth in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. See these groups: Healthcare Occupations; Community and Social Service Occupations; and Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations.