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Article: Careers in allied health professions. (numerous job titles available in allied health field)
- Article from:
- The Black Collegian
- Article date:
- November 1, 1993
- Author:
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More than a decade ago in a 1980 report titled "The Future of Allied Health," the National Commission on Allied Health Education described the term allied health as "an unsatisfactory reference to occupational clusters having to do with the provision and promotion of health." It is an umbrella term that usually excludes those professions that claim independent areas of practice such as allopathic (M.D.) and osteopathic (D.O.) physicians.
Dissatisfaction with the term continues today, leaving even those who work in the field with an uncertainty about which disciplines are "allied" and which are not.
Often, the term "allied health professions" is used to ...