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What is the difference between community medicine and public health ?
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Medicine vs. PH: In medicine the primary focus is on individual with emphasis placed on disease diagnosis, treatment, and care for the individual patient. In Public Health the primary focus is on populations with emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion for the entire community.
Answered 6/1/2014
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