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community medicine

American  

noun

  1. public-health services targeted to a given community, often a low-income population.


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The course in Bangor will place greater emphasis on community medicine, with students spending a year in a GP practice.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023

“We often need this quantitative data ... to explain what the community understands and knows,” said study leader Rachel G. Logan, a postdoctoral scholar in UC San Francisco’s department of family and community medicine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

"Contact-tracing has been the most resource-intensive activity since the pandemic began," said Sanjay K. Rai, a professor of community medicine at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, the capital.

From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2022

“The simple answer is there is never a right time to do anything during a pandemic,” said Jacob John, professor of community medicine at Christian Medical College, Vellore.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Shira Shavit, an associate clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, began the pilot program in a San Francisco public health center.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2019

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