TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Trends and Guideposts A1 - Wallace, Robert B. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2017 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e AB - There are varied definitions of public health. Recent volumes from the U.S. Institute of Medicine have addressed the definitions and functions of public health1,2 in a careful and thoughtful way, and described several pathways to healthier communities. The field of preventive medicine, the interface between public health and medical practice, is also critical to the health of populations, but is in a faster transition as the roles traditionally performed by physicians in population medicine are reconsidered and the structure of public health evolves. In the meantime, the health needs of the public are as acute as ever and demand all of the energy, skill, and science that public health and preventive medicine can muster. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141963111 ER -