Concept information
Preferred term
community medicine
Definition
- The attempt from the late 1970s to provide integrated primary care facilities in the community. The term ‘public health medicine’ was adopted by the Faculty of Community Medicine of the UK Royal College of Physicians. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Community Medicine]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/community_medicine
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