Public health and primary care. Partners in population health

The focus here on public approaches applied to primary care fails to answer the key issue for many primary care professionals of how to apply the approaches outlined in this book in their daily working lives - in other words, what would be given up in terms of daily patient care to address the wider...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2009-02, Vol.63 (2), p.e18-e18
Main Author: O'Donnell, C A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Primary care
Public health
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Summary:The focus here on public approaches applied to primary care fails to answer the key issue for many primary care professionals of how to apply the approaches outlined in this book in their daily working lives - in other words, what would be given up in terms of daily patient care to address the wider issues of population health. The final two chapters, covering education and training and future developments are, for me, the most interesting and begin to touch on some of the reasons why public health and primary care do not yet seem to be playing the same game (or perhaps are on the same pitch, but with different shaped balls).
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2008.073809