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helfende Berufe

English translation: helping professions

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German term or phrase:helfende Berufe
English translation:helping professions

18:53 Sep 3, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
German term or phrase: helfende Berufe
Is there an accepted term in English for this? Here is the definition in German. The best I can come up with is
"social service professions."

Helfende Berufe sind solche Berufe, in denen Menschen gepflegt, verarztet oder betreut werden. Beispiele sind Arzt, Chirurg, Krankenschwester, Arzthelfer, Schwesternhelfer, Krankenpfleger, Diätassistent, Krankengymnast, Sozialarbeiter (Street-worker), Altenpfleger, Psychotherapeut, Ergotherapeut, Fahrdienst für Behinderte, mobiler Pflegedienst, Seelsorger, Diakonisse und Bewährungshelfer.

All contributions gratefully accepted.
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 10:34
helping professions
Explanation:
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-09-03 19:16:45 GMT)
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http://www.nku.edu/~firstyear/lc05/help_prof.pdf
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Trans-Marie
Local time: 18:34
Grading comment
Boy, did I find out that there are a LOT of terms for this. However, sometimes it IS just as simple as this.

Thanks to everyone.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4caring professions
ZenonStyczyrz
4 +2Humanitarian Professions
Sladjana Spaic
3 +2caregivers
Trudy Peters
3 +2health and helping professions
@caduceus (X)
4social professions
kostan
4 -1caregiving professions
Kim Metzger
3helping professions
Trans-Marie


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
caring professions


Explanation:
IMHO

ZenonStyczyrz
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Astrid Elke Witte
23 mins
agree  Renate FitzRoy: in British English
1 hr
agree  Ford Prefect
2 hrs
agree  Norbert Hermann
13 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
caregiving professions


Explanation:
I think that covers them all.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 11:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ellen Zittinger: this terms is not used in respect to the above
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Of couse it is. What gave you that notion? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2937
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
helping professions


Explanation:
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-09-03 19:16:45 GMT)
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http://www.nku.edu/~firstyear/lc05/help_prof.pdf

Trans-Marie
Local time: 18:34
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Boy, did I find out that there are a LOT of terms for this. However, sometimes it IS just as simple as this.

Thanks to everyone.
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Humanitarian Professions


Explanation:
That would be another possibility which covers all the above professions.

Sladjana Spaic
Montenegro
Local time: 19:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frosty: Just the term if it needs to be a wee bit high class! Especially when History, Geography etc are lumped together as `Humanities´ in schools!
15 mins
  -> Thank you :-)
agree  Stephen Sadie: nice one, hi sladja...lange nicht gesehen
35 mins
  -> Hi Stephen, Thank you...ich habe keine Post erhalten wie versprochen
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
social professions


Explanation:
I'd rather use "social profesisons" than "helping professions" in your context. See bleow:


http://www.lemoyne.edu/OTRP/otrpresources/helping-online.htm...

kostan
Austria
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
caregivers


Explanation:
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Note added at 23 hrs 29 mins (2005-09-04 18:23:24 GMT)
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How about "health care and social service professions"?
www.usc.edu/dept/socialwork/ academic/NursePractitionerprogram.php

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  swisstell
4 mins
agree  Renate FitzRoy: in American English
1 hr
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
health and helping professions


Explanation:
Health professions encompass professions such as physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists etc., whereas helping professions cover occupations in counseling, social work, and psychology etc.

Individuals are called health professionals if they participate in delivery of health care in some way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_profession

Helping Professions
http://ascweb.unl.edu/students/advising/preHealth/helping_pr...

Careers in the Health and Helping Professions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4838-2003Apr2...

Schools of medicine, nursing, and other health and helping professions.
http://www.php.com/include/events/eventdetail.php?ID=1803&PH...

It will provide sessions across settings, and presentations from hospitals, community-based programs, family-led organizations, physician practices, and schools of medicine, nursing, and other health and helping professions.
http://www.ahqa.org/pub/connections/162_696_4325.cfm

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Note added at 7 hrs 43 mins (2005-09-04 02:37:18 GMT)
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IMO you need to distinguish between the health professions such as physicians and social work. In health care the physician-social work relationship is important, delivering patient treatment by sharing common goals and objectives, but there's just not one single term covering all of those professions.

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr 7 mins (2005-09-04 20:00:58 GMT)
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"helping professions" is BTW an established term for social service occupations.

@caduceus (X)
United States
Local time: 11:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
5 hrs
agree  Ellen Zittinger
1 day 13 hrs
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