Application and challenges of medical physics in population medicine
10.3760/cma.j.cn341190-20230414-00295
- VernacularTitle:医学物理学在大医学体系中的应用与挑战
- Author:
Minghua XIANG
1
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学生物医学工程学院应用物理系，合肥 230032
- Keywords:
Medicine;
Physics;
Preventive medicine;
Population health;
Rehabilitation;
Diagnosis;
Therapeutics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2023;30(12):1917-1920
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The term "population medicine" refers to a branch of clinical medicine that focuses on both individual health care and group health enhancement, even for the benefit of humanity as a whole. It encompasses a wide range of comprehensive health care practices, including "health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, control, treatment, and rehabilitation" and is closely related to the theoretical and technological advancements in medical physics. The primary challenge that medical physics currently faces is how to best utilize its technological advancements to serve the need of the development of "population medicine".
