One economist's view of social medicine.
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چکیده
In principle knowledge is doubtless indivisible, but in practice we have to divide it into small finite tracts, with plenty of overlap, in which each of us cultivates his respective plot with whatever tools he is most adept at using. It is inevitably a messy business, but as with all bureaucratic arrangements for the division of labour, it is occasionally rewarding to try to think through (and, if necessary, invent) the rationale of the system as we observe it, if only to reassure ourselves that there is no obviously better way of organising our activities. Sometimes such a review will prove more constructive than this, and indicate some rearrangement which offers the promise of more productive collaboration. It was in this spirit that I set about preparing this paper. In thinking about my own subject I have found it useful to distinguish economics as an area of study from economics as a mode of thinking. By 'economics as an area of study' (or topic, for short) I
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of epidemiology and community health
دوره 33 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979