Article topics: Multidisciplinary Meeting specific health needs Disease prevention Public health
Pat Owen discusses the history of public health and asks if community nurse are up to the challenge of initiating and implementing public health policy
{Pat Owen RGN, RHV, Cert.Ed (FE), BSc is a Senior Lecturer, Primary Care Division, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton.
Article accepted for publication: January 2000.
