The Limits Of Prevention

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  McGinnis, J M
• Description:
  Recent years have been marked by unprecedented accomplishments in preventing disease and reducing mortality. More gains can be expected, but there are limits. The forces shaping the nature and potential of prevention programs can be characterized as points falling along a spectrum ranging from the purely scientific to the purely social. This paper focuses on four elements of that spectrum, discussing some of the limitations to prevention that are presented by biological, technical, ethical, and economic factors. The author concludes with an essentially optimistic perspective on the prospects, special opportunities, and imperatives inherent in each of the categories of limitations discussed.
• Subjects:
  Aged Aging Ethics, Medical Health Promotion Health Resources Humans Life Expectancy Medical Laboratory Science Middle Aged Primary Prevention Public Health Administration Risk

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 100(3):255-260
• Pubmed ID:
  3923530
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  100
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:407dacfed488d4ae82285e9660aff61f7a205e8181ae7c3884f08361be66f259
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/66213/cdc_66213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]