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Lowell S. Levin
(27 Nov 1927 - )
American public health educator Professor Emeritus of and Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy) at the Yale School of Medicine. He wrote The Hidden Health care System (1981) about lay people as primary providers of health care, such as the family, organized religion, voluntary associations and the like.
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Science Quotes by Lowell S. Levin (3 quotes)
Listen to the community: it’s defining its own problems, and may well know what to do about them.
— Lowell S. Levin
As quoted in 'Aphorism of the Month', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Nov 2007), 61, No. 11, 932.
Testing the impact of public health interventions in response to the null hypothesis may help reduce avoidable hubris in expectations of benefits.
— Lowell S. Levin
As quoted in 'Aphorism of the Month', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Sep 2007), 61, No. 9, 796.
There is a hidden healthcare system with clear definitions and roles. Eighty-five percent of
healthcare takes place in a big pool without the ‘benefit’ of ‘medical clergy’.
— Lowell S. Levin
As quoted in 'Aphorism of the Month', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Nov 2005), 59, No. 11, 933.
See also:
- Medicine on Trial: The Appalling Story of Ineptitude, Malfeasance, Neglect, and Arrogance, by Charles B. Inlander, Lowell S. Levin, Edward Weiner. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
