Health Education Research, Vol. 14, No. 2, 299-300,
April 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
Book Review |
The Potential for Health: How to Improve the Nations Health
Sir Kenneth C. Calman Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998 280 pp. ISBN 0 19 262944 1 (pbk)0 19 262585 3 (hbk)
School of Nursing Postgraduate Division, Queens Medical Centre Nottingham University
The aims of this book are clear. It is intended to identify key issues in health and health care, and to explore ways in which improvements in both might occur. The target population is mainly the non-professional; however, the author argues that the `professional might also find it interesting'. As the author identifies, this book is the outcome of a series of talks and speeches given to a