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The arrogance of preventive medicine.

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Preventive medicine displays all 3 elements of arrogance. First, it is aggressively assertive , pursuing symptomless individuals and telling them what they must do to remain healthy. Occasionally invoking the force of law (immunizations, seat belts), it prescribes and proscribes for both individual

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Author: David L Sackett

Language: English

Topic: Public Health Policies and Education

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2145876146

FWCI: 17.1

Cites: 8

Cited by: 194

Related to: 10