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Health Occupations > Specialization

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Specialization  

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Definition

  • An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field. The limitation of practice or study to a particular branch of medicine, dentistry, or other health profession. It is philosophically distinct from the generalist theory in which familiarity with a wide cross-section of the particular discipline is advocated.

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