A personal history: social medicine in a South African setting, 1952-5. Part 1: The shape of ideas forged in the second world war
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A personal history: social medicine in a South African setting, 1952-5. Part 1: The shape of ideas forged in the second world war
Abstract
The second part of this personal history focusing on the ups, downs, and politics of social medicine in Alexandra Township, South Africa, will be published in the August issue of the journal.
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Things that kept coming to mind while thinking through Susser's South African memoir.J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 Jul;60(7):559-61. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.043661. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006. PMID: 16790821 Free PMC article.
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