但是，除了熟练的护理之外，职业治疗和理疗师进行的康复活动，社会工作者的实际帮助以及家庭健康护理和照护，特别是对健康严重受损和处于疾病晚期的病人的健康护理和照护，与当代的医学实践几乎没有什么关系。
But, aside from skilled nursing, rehabilitation efforts by occupational and physical therapists, and the practical assistance of social workers and home health aides, care-giving, especially for victims of health catastrophes and end-stage conditions, has relatively little to do with the contemporary practice of medicine.