PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Public health and the medical profession in the Renaissance

Public Health Becomes a Profession *

The prevention of illness and premature death and the promotion of health has attracted able minds from the beginning. Public health as a cause has always offered substantial though often intangible rewards. It has become a profession in itself, offering essential satisfactions to thousands of people who devote their careers to this cause. It is astonishing how this cause has gradually amalgama...

Redesigning Health Administration for the Medical Profession

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Conversations in disaster medicine and public health: the profession.

Using historical and research examples of disaster and crisis science, I argue here for the professionalization of disaster medicine and public health as a unique and essential discipline in support of global public health security. Questions about clinical competencies of providers and reports of unacceptable practices and the limited scope of guidelines for foreign medical teams have persiste...

Mental health and stigma in the medical profession.

Until recently, much of the recent upsurge in interest in physician health has been motivated by concerns about improving patient care and patient safety and reducing medical errors. Increasingly, more attention has turned to examining how the management of mental illness among physicians might be improved within the medical profession and one key direction for change is the reduction of stigma...