Allied health
IAHA defines allied health as a collective term used to refer to a variety of healthcare disciplines that contribute to a person’s physical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing, excluding medicine, nursing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker/practitioner roles.
Allied health functions include, but are not limited to, the identification, evaluation, management and prevention of disease and disorders; dietary and nutritional services; rehabilitation services; and public health.
