Gordon Hodges

Introduction to Preventive and Social Medicine (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The present book is unique in purpose, scope and scale, and places itself in a category of its own, distinctly different from theusual text books on Preventive and Social Medicine. The subject matter is presented in a linked and continuous manner. It is aconcise text, with emphasis on practical orientation and help to a physician in his day to day practice, succinctly covers latestdata and figures on vital statistics, morbidity indicators, disease burden and national health programs. More importantly, itshould portend the arousal of interest in clinicians and make them equally aware of their important role and responsibilities inprimary health care. It vividly describes aspects of new threats to new and old diseases, old threats to old diseases, as also bringsinto focus the emerging areas and newer concepts in environmental health. It makes the reader familiar with the essentialcourse content of community medicine, inculcates in him the epidemiological approach to health and disease, and prepareshim to practise family medicine as a family physician. Special attention has been paid to the chapters on social environment,host factors and health, non-communicable diseases, food and nutrition, demography and vital statistics, health policy,planning management and administration, primary health care, health education, information and communication, maternityand child health, school health, geriatrics, mental health and health service through general practitioners so as to present theconcerned topic in a most up-to-date and easily comprehensible manner.The language and style are simple, and attractive withemphasis on practical aspects of this field. This book will be useful for students, teachers, public health administrators and PHCmedical officers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Press Academics
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684690008
• Artikelnr.: 61170161