Healer may refer to:

Conventional medicine

Health professional A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a nurse, physician (suc ...

Alternative medicine

Faith healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

Folk healer A folk healer is an unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies and the power of suggestion. The healer may be a highly trained person who pursues their specialties, learning by study, observat ...

Healer (alternative medicine) Healer may refer to: Conventional medicine *Doctor of Medicine * Health professional Alternative medicine * Faith healer * Folk healer * Healer (alternative medicine), someone who purports to aid recovery from ill health * Spiritual healer ...

, someone who purports to aid recovery from ill health *

Spiritual healer Energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine based on a pseudo-scientific belief that healers can channel "healing energy" into a patient and effect positive results. Practitioners use a number of names including various synonyms for ...

Film and television

* ''The Healer'' (1935 film), an American film by Reginald Barker * ''The Healers'' (film), a 1974 American TV film featuring Lance Kerwin * "Healer" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1985 episode of ''The New Twilight Zone'' * ''Healer'' (film), a 1994 American film starring Tyrone Power, Jr * ''The Healer'', a 1994 British TV film starring Paul Rhys * "The Healer" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), a 2006 episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * ''Healer'' (TV series), a 2014 South Korean television series * ''The Healer'' (2016 film), a comedy-drama film starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jonathan Pryce, Camilla Luddington * ''The Healers'' (audio drama), an audio drama based on ''Doctor Who''

Music

* ''The Healers'' (album), a 1987 album by David Murray * ''The Healer'' (album), a 1989 album by John Lee Hooker *

Johnny Marr and the Healers ''Boomslang'' is the first, and to date only album by Johnny Marr + the Healers. It was released in 2003 through Artistdirect and iMusic. The band consisted of drummer for The Who and son of Ringo Starr, Zak Starkey and then former Kula Shaker ...

, who released an album in 2003 * ''The Healer'', a 2008 song from the album ''

New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) ''New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)'' is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Erykah Badu. It was released on February 26, 2008, by Universal Motown following Badu's hiatus from recording music due to writer's block. I ...

'' by Erykah Badu * ''

Healer / Across the Shields ''Healer / Across the Shields'' is an EP by Miami-based band Torche. It was released as a 12″ vinyl with a DVD containing music videos for "Healer" and "Across the Shields". The vinyl was colored either black, orange, or purple. Side A consist ...

'', a 2009 EP by Torche *

The Healer (Jenkins) ''The Healer, a Cantata for St Luke'' was written by Karl Jenkins in 2014. Much of the text was written by Terry Waite, Vivien Harrison and Carol Barratt; the remainder is taken from St Luke's Gospel, the Book of Common Prayer and The Shepherd by ...

, a 2014 cantata by Karl Jenkins * ''Healer'' (Alex Cuba album), a 2015 album by Alex Cuba * ''Healer'', a 2022 album by Casting Crowns * "Healer", a song by Day6 from ''The Book of Us: Negentropy - Chaos Swallowed Up in Love''

Other uses

Healer (comics) Morlocks are a group of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are usually depicted as being associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist ...

, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe * Healer (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a character class in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Healer (gaming), a character type in video games * ''The Healer'', a novel by Michael Blumlein * ''The Healer'', a novel by

Frank G. Slaughter Frank Gill Slaughter (February 25, 1908 – May 17, 2001), pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies. His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor a ...

Healer (role variant) The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves and others. It was first introduced in the book ''Please Understand Me''. It is one of the most widely used perso ...

, a role variant of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter * ''Healer'', a science fiction novel by

F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

Jason (given name) Jason is a common masculine given name. It comes from Greek (), meaning "healer", from the verb (), "heal", "cure", cognate with (), the goddess of healing, and (), "healer", "physician". Forms of related words have been attested in Greek fr ...

, Greek derived name, literally meaning "healer".

Conventional medicine

Alternative medicine

Film and television

Music

Other uses

See also