Is Prevention Myth or Reality?.

Spector, Manuel; Spector, Rachel E.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Is Prevention Myth or Reality?

Spector, Manuel; Spector, Rachel E.

Health Education (Washington D.C.), 8, 4, 23-5, Jul-Aug 77

Established public and medical policies continue to focus on and support the health needs and diseases of the rich, while for Americans on the lower socioeconomic rungs, prevention is a myth, or at best something one does for oneself that doctors sanction. (MJB)

Descriptors: Health Needs, Medical Care Evaluation, National Norms, Preventive Medicine, Program Effectiveness, Social Bias, Socioeconomic Status

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