The need for integration in health sciences sets the future direction for public health education

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-24

  Li, L M ^a   Tang, J L ^b   Lv, J ^c   Jiang, Y ^a,b   Griffiths, S M ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Education; Integration; Medicine; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEDICINE; POLICY REFORM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 78751575553     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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