附註:Previous ed. published in 2000 under title: Health-care careers for the 21st century.
Includes index.
PART 1: CHOOSING AND PLANNING A HEALTH-CARE CAREER: The health-care field: where the jobs are -- Choosing the best health-care career for you -- Planning your education -- PART 2: HEALTH PROFESSIONALISM: The health-care professional -- Understanding the patient -- The professional-patient relationship -- PART 3: THE JOB SEARCH: Preparing for your job search -- Finding a job -- PART 4: HEALTH-CARE CAREER DESCRIPTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Diagnosing and treating practitioners -- Associated health-care careers -- Adjunctive health-care careers: technologists, technicians, assistants, and aides -- Rehabilitation careers: therapists, therapy assistants, and aides -- Administrative health-care careers -- Affiliated health-care careers: medical scientists, educators, and information workers -- APPENDICES: A: Health-care education admission tests -- B: Health-care professional organizations -- C: Job search resources.