| Introduction -- Historical landmarks -- Part 1 : Choosing and planning a health-care career -- 1. The health-care field : where the jobs are -- 2. Choosing the best health-care career for you -- 3. Planning your education -- Part 2 : Health professionalism -- 4. The health-care professional -- 5. Understanding the patient -- 6. The professional-patient relationship -- Part 3 : The job search -- 7. Preparing for your job search -- 8. Finding a job -- Part 4 : Health-care career descriptions and education programs -- 9. Diagnosing and treating practitioners -- 10. Associated health-care careers -- 11. Adjunctive health-care careers : technologists, technicians, assistants, and aides -- 12. Rehabilitation careers : therapists, therapy assistants, and aides -- 13. Administrative health-care careers -- 14. Affiliated health-care careers : medical scientists, educators, and information workers -- Appendices -- A : Health-care education admissions tests -- B : Health-care professional organizations -- C : Job search resources. |