Coordinated development of clinical medicine and public health / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

With socioeconomic development and scientific and technological progress,there has(emerged) a gap between clinical medicine and public health.The priority of the former is research on the mechanism of disease while the priority of the latter is research on the effect of the environment and social factors on disease and health.Separation of the two has made it hard for the system of medical and health services to fit in with social development.The best way to fill in the gap that has existed for years between the treatment of disease(clinical medicine) and the prevention of disease(public health) is to develop general practice and community health services.At the same time,it is necessary to enhance public health education of the management,teachers and students of medical and public health colleges,physicians,health administrative management personnel,and health policy formulators.