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How to choose the world’s top health diplomat

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i5746 (Published 28 October 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i5746

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Individual Health & Public Health


Individual health and public health are inseparable. In order to promote individual health, physicians must also promote public health by thinking globally and functioning as medical sociologists, who value human rights, quality of life, social justice, international relations, and world peace. The path to world peace begins with the physician's commitment to individual health and public health. Peace and health are inseparable.


Competing interests: No competing interests

28 October 2016
Hugh Mann
Physician
Retired
New York, NY, USA