title: Reflections on preventive medicine.
abstract: Having thought much about medicine in my career-long effort to understand it and the research for its advancement, I have come to views rather different form the now-prevailing ones in respect to what preventive medicine is about; what epidemiology is in relation to preventive medicine; what distinguishes preventive medicine in preventive healthcare at large; the relation of preventive medicine to public health; the concept of health promotion; and also the core principles of preventive medicine. All of these views I set forth in this article, for the readers' critical reflection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H3A 1A2, Canada. Electronic address: olli.miettinen@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Olli S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Miettinen
mesh_terms: D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011634:Public Health
keywords: Disease; Health promotion; Illness; Preventive medicine; Public health; Sickness