Public Health: Sozial- und Präventivmedizin kompakt (De Gruyter Studium)

This book offers an easily understandable and practice-based introduction to the field of public health. It is designed for students of human medicine and public health, as well as related fields, including nursing science, healthcare science, health economics, and population sciences. Aside from covering fundamental concepts and terms in public health, it provides a basic treatment of preventative medicine, health promotion, epidemiology, biostatistics, and healthcare systems. Environmental medicine and international health are two additional topical subjects that are covered by the book.