Community medicine refers to a branch of healthcare that focuses on the health and well-being of a specific community or population, rather than individual patients. It involves the promotion, prevention, and treatment of diseases within a community.
Community medicine professionals work with community members to improve overall health through education, vaccinations, screenings, and other measures that benefit everyone.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«community»
«medicine»
Sentences with «community medicine»
- The clinic also worked to teach medical students about the role of community medicine in helping poorer populations. (aaas.org)
- This position will be responsible for the medical care of adoption center animals, our weekly vaccine clinic, community medicine program as well as performing spay / neuter, other surgeries and dentistry. (vetmed.illinois.edu)
- Jack Geiger, professor of community medicine at the City University of New York, calls the report «timid» for taking too narrow a definition of the harm done by the experiments. (newscientist.com)
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