allied health occupations

Preferred Label : allied health occupations;

MeSH definition : Occupations of medical personnel who are not physicians, and are qualified by special training and, frequently, by licensure to work in supporting roles in the health care field. These occupations include, but are not limited to, medical technology, physical therapy, physician assistant, etc.;

MeSH synonym : allied health occupation; occupation, allied health; occupations, allied health;

MeSH annotation : SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: ALLIED HEALTH OCCUP;

Details

Origin ID

D016390;

UMLS CUI

C0002121;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- allied health occupations [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH term(s)
- allied health personnel [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- allied health personnel [MeSH Descriptor]
- health occupations [MeSH Descriptor]
- physician assistants [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]

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