Medicine and Medical Sciences Education

The field of medicine is devoted to maintaining good health. Modern medicine has also assumed the task of improving public health by promoting hygiene and standards for nutrition and the environment. Medicine in the 20th century has experienced a rapid growth in informational and technological resources, accompanied by increasingly complex patterns of health-care delivery. Medicine is so important that about 10 percent of the gross national product of technologically advanced nations is devoted to serving health needs. Society now demands greater access to health care and accountability from practitioners. Below are links to medicine and medical education, colleges and universities for courses in medical sciences.