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Article: Celebrating Allied Health Professions.
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- Radiologic Technology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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September 24 to 30, 2000, marks National Allied Health Professions Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of 8 million care providers in more than 40 allied health professions. The theme for the event uniting these diverse professionals is "One vision, one voice focused on the patient."
Although allied health professionals outnumber physicians and nurses by a ratio of 3:2, the specialized care allied health workers provide often goes unrecognized by patients and the public. Allied Health Professions Week offers the perfect opportunity to address that oversight. For ideas on how to make the most of it, visit the Web site at www.alliedhealth.org.
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