AH Suryakantha MD, DHA
Professor and Head Department of Community Medicine JJM Medical College, Davangere
Karnataka, India
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Community Medicine (With Recent Advances)
© 2009, AH Suryakantha
All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author and the publisher.
First Edition: 2009
9788184484458
Typeset at JPBMP typesetting unit
Printed at Ajanta Offset & Packagings Ltd., New Delhi
4PREFACE
The publication of this book is the end result of teaching Community Medicine to undergraduate and postgraduate students for more than 3 decades. Though this book is written primarily for undergraduates it would also be useful for post-graduate students of Community Medicine. Considering an ever increasing demand for a comprehensive book on community medicine, an attempt has been made to make this book student friendly, teacher friendly, examiner friendly and doctor friendly.
This book is student friendly because it is written in an understandable way, covering the entire syllabus prescribed by MCI, including the recent advances. The matter is presented in such a way as to avoid confusion and to make the reading of the book a pleasurable experience. Topics like biostatistics would encourage the students to take up the research activities. The lucid language of the book would facilitate quick revision.
This book is teacher friendly because they may appreciate the presentation of the subject matter exhaustively and clearly, having tentacles attached to various other branches of medicine such as obstetrics, pediatrics, dermatology, psychiatry and general medicine, in order to conform to the changing profile of community medicine.
This book is examiner friendly because it covers the vast areas of the subject to enable asking questions vertically, horizontally and tangentially.
This book is doctor friendly because it would help the general practitioners and the rural medical officers in providing not only curative services, but also preventive and promotive services to the community at large, motivating them to a healthier, and happier life.
In spite of sincere attempt to make this book a comprehensive one, there may be some gaps, imperfections and mistakes. Readers are requested to give the feedback in the form of remarks and suggestions, which will be accepted sportively for the improvement of next edition.
I sincerely thank Mrs Jyothi and Staff members of Zen Computers for their excellent typing work and helpful services.
I would like to express my appreciation of the patient forbearance borne by my wife Smt Usha during the entire period of preparation.
Lastly I am grateful to Mr Venugopal, Branch Manager, Bengaluru and the entire team of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, Delhi for making my dream a reality.
AH Suryakantha