Roemer M I
UCLA School of Public Health.
Scand J Soc Med. 1993 Jun;21(2):63-5. doi: 10.1177/140349489302100201.
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.