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- Title
Prevention or cure.
- Authors
Cowell, Roger; Houghton, Graham; Scullion, Jane; Szczepanska, Sue
- Abstract
The article presents a readers panel pertaining to health promotion campaigns that would be better spent on direct patient care. A reader panel is presented in response to the health promotions campaign about prevention or cure. One of the panelist thinks that prevention is better than cure and said that poor diet, smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, stress and a lack of exercise all affect demand for inpatient services, general practitioners in surgeries and community services.
- Subjects
ADVERTISING campaigns; HEALTH promotion; PREVENTIVE health services; PREVENTIVE medicine; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Nursing Standard, 2006, Vol 20, Issue 32, p28
- ISSN
0029-6570
- Publication type
Article