Public health : myth, mysticism and reality / by U Ko Ko.
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TextSeries: SEARO regional health papers ; no. 14Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: New Delhi : WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, 1986. Description: 61 pISBN: 9290221836Subject(s): Public health -- history -- trends | Social medicineNLM classification: WA 11.1Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: Reproduces the text of an Ira Vaughan Hiscock Lecture delivered at the University of Hawaii School of Public Health in 1985. The lecture, which is concerned with the evolution of concepts of public health, traces the origins of public health back to conditions created during the Industrial Revolution in 19th century England. Three subsequent eras of public health are then distinguished: the era of sanitary reform, the bacteriological era rooted in America, and a third era of social medicine. A concluding section, which notes the widening dichotomy between public health and curative medicine, makes a strong plea for perceiving medicine as a whole, so as to derive the maximum benefit from technological advances.
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Reproduces the text of an Ira Vaughan Hiscock Lecture delivered at the University of Hawaii School of Public Health in 1985. The lecture, which is concerned with the evolution of concepts of public health, traces the origins of public health back to conditions created during the Industrial Revolution in 19th century England. Three subsequent eras of public health are then distinguished: the era of sanitary reform, the bacteriological era rooted in America, and a third era of social medicine. A concluding section, which notes the widening dichotomy between public health and curative medicine, makes a strong plea for perceiving medicine as a whole, so as to derive the maximum benefit from technological advances.
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