Public Health and Medicine: Paradox or Complimentary?
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Public Health and Medicine
Public health and medicine approach the challenge of health and health care from distinct, complementary perspectives (Table 1). In medicine, the ocus is on the individual patient, within the context of amily and community. In public health, the focus is on he health of populations, with the expression of illness ound in the lives of individuals. Medicine draws mainly n the biological sciences,...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2230-8598
DOI: 10.5530/ijmedph.2.2011.1