Medicine

THE STRATEGY OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

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This chapter discusses the relation of risk to exposure, prevention for individuals and the 'high-risk' strategy, and the population strategy of prevention.

Abstract

1. The objectives of preventive medicine 2. What needs to be prevented? 3. The relation of risk to exposure 4. Prevention for individuals and the 'high-risk' strategy 5. Individuals and populations 6. Some implications of population change 7. The population strategy of prevention 8. In search of health References Index

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FOWLER, G. THE STRATEGY OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, 1992, 42: 495–495.