title: The importance of relating medicine and public health.
abstract: The historical division between medicine and public health is arbitrary and not in the best interest of the health of the American public. Combating the major causes of death and disability requires integration of medicine and public health by government and academia.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2316.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States