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Systemic art

Subject: Art & Architecture

Term coined by Lawrence Alloway in 1966 to describe a type of abstract art characterized by the use of very simple standardized forms, usually geometric in character, either in a single ...

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A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Medicine and health, Public Health and Epidemiology
Length:
511 words

...the medical care system. It also embodies a diverse and plural system of human values. Public health is: 1. The health of a whole community or society. It is measured and assessed through quantitative and qualitative indicators and analytic processes. It is the result of the systemic effects of the agents mentioned below. See also health determinants . 2. The policies, services, programs, and other essential efforts agreed (ideally, democratically), organized, structured, financed, monitored, and evaluated by society to collectively protect, promote,...

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