caring professions
Health and social work
The caring professions are occupations centered on looking after people's health, welfare, or development—nursing, social work, teaching, counseling, and similar fields.
The term groups these jobs by their common emphasis on nurturing and supporting others: She's always been drawn to the caring professions.
Sometimes used to distinguish service-oriented work from purely technical or commercial careers.
- social servicesPublic aid programs
- child welfareProtecting minors' wellbeing
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
- physiciansMedical doctors collectively
clergy · psychologist · doctor · pharmacists · dentists · therapy · mental health · midwife · physiotherapist · empathy · teacher · healthcare · nursing home · social worker · community outreach · school counselor · occupational therapist · well-being
caring professionsinvestment banking
Advisory services for major transactions
private equity · Wall Street · predatory lending · tobacco industry · gambling industry
caring professionsloan sharking
Illegal lending at excessive interest
human trafficking · executioner · torturer · slumlord · con artistry
caring professionsdata processing
Systematic manipulation of information
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