health profession Meaning of "health profession"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients

Usage(s):

  1. This disrespectful terminology perpetuates the stigmatization these people face--most brutally among those in the mental-health profession.
  2. I must say that in my more than 35 years in the mental-health profession, I have not seen such grave risk of violence, even in my psychotic patients.
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