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    This document outlines several health professions that work closely with physicians: 1. Physician's assistants and nurse practitioners perform routine tasks like examining patients and explaining treatments. 2. Dietitians study food and nutrition, assessing patients' nutritional needs and developing dietary plans, both in hospitals and the community. 3. Physical therapists design treatment plans using exercises to increase strength and function for injured body parts. 4. Occupational therapists help disabled individuals gain daily living skills through activities tailored to their disabilities and settings. 5. Social workers assist patients and families adjust psychologically and socially to illness, and connect them to community services.

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    This document outlines several health professions that work closely with physicians: 1. Physician's assistants and nurse practitioners perform routine tasks like examining patients and explaining treatments. 2. Dietitians study food and nutrition, assessing patients' nutritional needs and developing dietary plans, both in hospitals and the community. 3. Physical therapists design treatment plans using exercises to increase strength and function for injured body parts. 4. Occupational therapists help disabled individuals gain daily living skills through activities tailored to their disabilities and settings. 5. Social workers assist patients and families adjust psychologically and socially to illness, and connect them to community services.

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    This document outlines several health professions that work closely with physicians: 1. Physician's assistants and nurse practitioners perform routine tasks like examining patients and explaining treatments. 2. Dietitians study food and nutrition, assessing patients' nutritional needs and developing dietary plans, both in hospitals and the community. 3. Physical therapists design treatment plans using exercises to increase strength and function for injured body parts. 4. Occupational therapists help disabled individuals gain daily living skills through activities tailored to their disabilities and settings. 5. Social workers assist patients and families adjust psychologically and socially to illness, and connect them to community services.

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    SCOPE OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

    1. Physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners

    Usually work closely with medical doctors, performing routine tasks such as examining patients
    with symptoms that do not appear serious and explaining treatment details.

    2. Dietitians

    Dietitians study and apply knowledge about food and its effect on the body. They do this in a
    variety of settings, such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, colleges, and schools.

    Some dietitians are administrators; other work directly with patients in assessing nutritional
    needs, implementing and evaluating dietary plans, and instructing patients and their families on
    ways to adhere to needed diets after discharge from the hospital.

    Some dietitians work for social service agencies in the community, where they counsel people
    on nutritional practices to help maintain health and speed recovery when they are ill.

    3. Physical Therapists

    Many patients need help in restoring functional movement to parts of their body and relieving
    pain. Physical therapists plan and apply treatment.

    Treatment is designed to increase the strength and function of the injured part and aid in the
    patient’s adaptation to have reduced physical abilities, which may be quite drastic. The most
    universal technique used in physical therapy involves exercise, generally requiring little effort
    initially and becoming more and more challenging.

    Another technique involves electrical stimulation to move paralyzed muscles or reduce pain.

    4. Occupational Therapists

    Help physically, mentally, and emotionally disabled individuals gain skills needed for daily
    activities in a work setting, at school, in the community, and at home.

    These professionals usually specialize in working with a particular age group, such as the
    elderly, and a type of disability physical.
    5. Social Workers

    Social workers are employed in mental health programs, but many others work in hospitals,
    nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, and public health programs.

    When working with people who are physically ill or disabled, social workers help patients and
    their families make psychological and social adjustments to the illness and obtain needed
    community services, including income maintenance. These professionals are usually called
    medical social workers.

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