title: The meanings of social medicine and public health.
abstract: The term "social medicine" has been marked by a great deal of confusion in the medical literature, in medical education, and in discussion of systems of health care. It has occupied diverse relationships to the term "public health", which this article will explore.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Public Health.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Roemer
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000639:trends; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D012936:Social Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States