HEALTH - Healthcare Providers and Quackery

Health Professionals

Health Professionals

are licensed to practice medicine. Knowing each of these professionals and their functions can give benefits such as the application of immediate and appropriate treatment, avoidance of time and resources wastage, and the like.

Health Services

usually offered by healthcare providers. A healthcare provider is a trained professional who provides people with healthcare.

Health Professionals

these are individuals who are trained and licensed to practice medicine along with allied health programs and work in the medical profession.

Pediatrician

specializes in children’s health care and treatment of diseases.

Psychiatrist

specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

Obstetrician

specializes in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth.

Ophthalmologist

specializes in diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and disorders.

Anesthesiologist

specializes in administering various anesthetics to assure proper operative procedures.

Dermatologist

specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases.

Cardiologist

specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the heart and blood vessels.

Allergist

specializes in diagnosing and treating body reactions resulting from unusual sensitivity to food, medicine, dust and other substances.

Pulmonologist

specializes in diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract.

Neurologist

specializes in providing diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases of the nervous system.

Gastroenterologist

specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the gastrointestinal system.

Geriatrician

specializes in care of elderly and the diseases that affect them.

Surgeon

specializes in performing surgical operations in treating diseases, injuries and deformities.

Urologist

specializes in diseases and abnormalities of the gastro-urinary tract.

Gynecologist

specializes in diseases and care of the female reproductive organs.

Internist

nonsurgical treatment of organs.

Radiologist

specializes in the x-ray machine

Orthopedist

specializes in the musculoskeletal system.

Health Facilities

these are places or institutions that offer healthcare services.

Hospital

It is an institution where people undergo medical diagnosis, care and treatment.

Walk-In Surgery Center

It is a facility that offers surgery without the patient being admitted in the hospital.

Health Center

It is a facility that caters a specific population with various health needs.

Extended Healthcare Facility

a facility that provides treatment, nursing care, and residential services to patients, often the elderly.

Health Insurance

it is a financial agreement between an insurance company and an individual or group for the payment of healthcare costs.

Quackery

is a form of a health fraud, an advertisement, promotion, or sale of products and services that have not been scientifically proven safe and effective.

quack

a person who dishonestly pretends to have medical skills or knowledge.

Nutrition quackery

involves promotion of food fads and other nutritional practices that claim to be all- natural. These are believed to have beneficial properties  of multiple plants in one product.

Device quackery

makes use of miraculous gadgets (such as dials, gauges, electrodes, magnets, and blinkers) that are believed to cure certain health conditions.