Editing Health physics (section)

==Sub-specialties==
There are many sub-specialties in the field of health physics,<ref>[http://hps.org/publicinformation/hpcareers.html Careers in Health Physics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including

* [[Ionising radiation]] instrumentation and measurement
* [[Internal dosimetry]] and external [[dosimetry]]
* [[Radioactive waste]] management
* [[Radioactive contamination]], decontamination and decommissioning
* Radiological [[engineering]] (shielding, holdup, etc.)
* Environmental assessment, radiation monitoring and radon evaluation
* Operational [[radiation protection]]/health physics
* [[Particle accelerator physics]]
* Radiological emergency response/planning - (e.g., [[Nuclear Emergency Support Team]])
* Industrial uses of radioactive material
* Medical health physics
* Public information and communication involving radioactive materials
* Biological effects/radiation biology
* Radiation standards
* Radiation risk analysis
* Nuclear power
* Radioactive materials and homeland security
* [[Radiation protection]]
* Nanotechnology

=== Operational health physics ===
The subfield of operational health physics, also called applied health physics in older sources, focuses on field work and the practical application of health physics knowledge to real-world situations, rather than basic research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=Kenneth L.|date=July 2005|title=Operational Health Physics|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7850780|journal=Health Physics|volume=88|issue=6|pages=638–652|doi=10.1097/01.hp.0000138021.37701.30|pmid=15891458|s2cid=8808841|via=ResearchGate}}</ref>

===Medical physics===
The field of Health Physics is related to the field of [[medical physics]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aapm.org/medical_physicist/fields.asp|title=American Association of Physicists in Medicine}}</ref> and they are similar to each other in that practitioners rely on much of the same fundamental science (i.e., radiation physics, biology, etc.) in both fields. Health physicists, however, focus on the evaluation and protection of human health from radiation, whereas medical health physicists and medical physicists support the use of radiation and other physics-based technologies by medical practitioners for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref>[http://www.aapm.org/medical_physicist/default.asp AAPM – The Medical Physicist<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>