Edited by Michael Marmot and Paul Elliott. 547 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. $89. ISBN 0-19-262124-6.
This massive book of more than 500 pages, with 50 contributors,is a fitting tribute to the work of Geoffrey Rose, who retiredtwo years ago from the position of professor of epidemiologyat the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Rose'scontribution to epidemiology and public health includes therestatement of the key idea that the major diseases affectingpublic health are determined by the nature of society as a whole,not by the behavior of a few people at high risk. As well asan eminent epidemiologist, he was a practicing clinician andbrought the human touch . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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