The Theory and Practice of Public Health

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RAPID developments in the theory and practice of public health in the past decade have been brought about by the discoveries in the medical sciences, by the changing pattern of community organization and finally by the relatively decreased importance of infectious diseases as compared with chronic illness. In 1948 the American Board of Preventive Medicine was incorporated, thereby giving public health an equal status with other specialties of medicine. The public, as well as the medical profession, has become more conscious of public-health programs. The health education programs of the medical societies, health departments, insurance companies and the public press . . .

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