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Family Practice Vol. 20, No. 6, 735-736
© Oxford University Press 2003, all rights reserved

Book Review

Health and illness in the community. Ross J Taylor, Blair H Smith, Edwin R van Teijlingen (eds). (219 pages, £16.95.) Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-263168-3.

Steve Gillam

GP and Senior Adviser, Primary Care, King's Fund, London

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There are few more thankless tasks than trying to interest medical students in ‘public health’ or ‘population medicine’. Worthy—yes, and they understand its importance but it seldom fires undergraduate interest. What used to be called ‘community medicine’ seldom relates to individuals and—particularly if taught . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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