Specialties concerned with the health of populations rather than the individual patient encounter: disease surveillance, health systems and the prevention of illness before it starts. Belongs here: Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Does not belong here: a specialty that treats disease that has already occurred in an individual patient, however preventive in intent, such as Vaccination-adjacent clinical fields, which stay with the clinical specialty that delivers them.
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Public Health and Preventive Specialties
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1. Public Health (Wikipedia)
WikipediaPublic health, definition, organ system
the science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.
Public health, definition, patient population
the science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.
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