Healthcare or sickcare: reestablishing the balance

In this essay we discuss the need to reestablish the balance between health enhancing activities and care for the sick in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century.We first briefly review the historical evolution of personal and public hygiene.We then discuss the increasing emphasis on curati...

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Main Authors: Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2016-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7671