pt. 1. Choosing a health-care career -- ch. 1. Health-care field -- ch. 2. Your career -- ch. 3. Planning your career -- pt. 2. Health professionalism -- ch. 4. Health-care professional -- ch. 5. Patient -- ch. 6. Professional-patient relationship -- pt. 3. Job search -- ch. 7. Preparing for the job search -- ch. 8. Securing a position -- pt. 4. Allied health careers -- ch. 9. Diagnosing and treating practitioners -- ch. 10. Associated health careers -- ch. 11. Adjunctive health careers: technologists, technicians, and assistants -- ch. 12. Rehabilitation careers -- ch. 13. Affiliated health-care careers.