Except for major urgent health prob¬ lems, the primary contact for both pre¬ ventive and
curative medicine should be community-rather than hospital-based. Every effort should be …

HJ WARRICK, 2 MB, BS jg VEN as I speak the words" community health", I have an
uncomfortable mis-giving that these two words convey to some people the idea of a health …

The second-and fourth-year students are questioned after they take the courses, to solicit
constructive criticism and check their attitudes, skills and ability to consider broad problems …

Health is essentially a community affair. This premise has been basic to the activities of the
National Commission on Community Health Services. The National Commission, which will …

A hospital, in the minds of the general public, is a place to go when one is ill, injured or in
need of special assistance. To the health professional, however, it is much more than that …

A DEFINITION of community medicine will depend greatly upon the person or group asked
to provide the definition. From the point of view of the general public community medicine …

Certainly it is not because of the financial return. Salaries of physicians in public health have
increased considerably in the past few years, but the monetary reward is still lower than in …

Togetherness. That's what the Univer¬ sity of Toronto's new division of com¬ munity health is
all about. Not only cooperation among thescholars from a variety of disciplines who will work …

In June 1979 the Welsh Affairs Committee set up a Working Party to examine the future of
community medicine in Wales. Its report is published as a discussion paper. It has not been …

AS do all activities, community health services demand a periodic evaluation—which is
likely to be of most value if it is stimulated by a combination of healthy dissatisfaction and …