title: How to keep the doctor away.
abstract: The current emphasis of Health Ministries in Western Europe on primary health care and individual responsibility for health life styles has been traced to a Canadian report entitled: "A new perspective on the health of Canadians" which appeared in 1974. The contents of this report are critically analyzed and show to be founded on misinterpretations of epidemiological data and on misunderstandings of the value of the scientific approach. It is the purpose of this article to expose the irrational nature of the Canadian report so as to prevent the further implementation of its recommendations.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*