BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie

mental illness, or other behavioral problems) and geriatric care facilities
(i.e. elder care management), are health care institutions which have
accommodation facilities and which engage in providing short-term or
long-term medical treatment of a general or specialized nature not
performed by hospitals to inpatients with any of a wide variety of medical
conditions.
Pharmacies and drug stores comprise establishments engaged in
retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines, and other
types of medical goods. Regulated pharmacies may be based in a hospital
or clinic or they may be privately operated, and are usually staffed by
pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy aides.
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where
tests are done on biological specimens in order to get information about
the health of a patient. Such laboratories may be divided into categorical
departments such as microbiology, hematology, clinical biochemistry,
immunology, serology, histology, cytology, cytogenetics, or virology. In
many countries, there are two main types of labs that process the majority
of medical specimens. Hospital laboratories are attached to a hospital, and
perform tests on these patients. Private or community laboratories receive
samples from general practitioners, insurance companies, and other health
clinics for analysis.
Health care practitioners
Health care practitioner is an individual or an institution that
provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care
services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities.
Health care practitioners include physicians (including general
practitioners and specialists), dentists, physical therapists, audiologists,
speech pathologists, physician assistants, nurses, midwives,
pharmacologists/pharmacists, dietitians, therapists, psychologists,
chiropractors, clinical officers, phlebotomists, occupational therapists,
optometrists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, medical
laboratory technicians, medical prosthetic technicians, radiographers,
social workers, and a wide variety of other human resources trained to
provide some type of health care service. They often work in hospitals,
health care centers and other service delivery points, but also in academic
training, research and administration. Some provide care and treatment
services for patients in private homes. Many countries have a large number
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