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Title: | Changes in the epidemiological pattern of disease in the Maltese islands |
Authors: | Fenech, Frederick F. Ellul Micallef, Roger Vassallo, M. |
Keywords: | Epidemiology -- Malta -- History Diseases -- Reporting -- Malta Life expectancy -- Malta Infants -- Mortality -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1977 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of Arts |
Citation: | Fenech, F. F., Ellul Micallef, R., & Vassallo, M. (1977). Changes in the epidemiological pattern of disease in the Maltese islands. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 6(4), 221-231. |
Abstract: | Rudolph Virchow, the German Pathologist who is considered the father of medicine, in the middle of the last century, wrote that 'Medicine is a social science and that politics is nothing less but medicine on a large scale'. In fact the incidence and pattern of disease in any community reflect not only the standard of medical care but also, and possibly to a greater extent, the socio-economic conditions of the country. In Malta, there are few accurate records of the incidence of diseases 50 years ago let alone a century ago. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41684 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 6, Issue 4 Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 6, Issue 4 |
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