Open AccessCOMMON-SENSE VERSUS CUSTOM IN THE APPOINTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICIALS
Author(s) -
Herbert B. Larner
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.2.143
Subject(s) - officer , public health , management , psychology , medicine , political science , law , nursing , economics
Once on a time only a minister was deemed fit to be president of a college; more recently only a doctor has been thought competent to be a health officer. Both situations have changed. The college selects the business man of broad vision, while the fitness of the trained engineer for health officer is fast becoming evident.